“Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.”

“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”

“Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.”

“Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.”

“I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.”

“Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.”

“Life piles up so fast that I have no time to write out the equally fast rising mound of reflections.”

“They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.”