Make us enemies of every people on earth, but save us from civil war.
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise, so consult him. 2. The man who knows, but doesn't know that he knows; help him not forget what he knows. 3. The man who knows not, and knows that he knows not; teach him. 4. Finally, there is the man who knows not but pretends that he knows; he is a fool, so avoid him.
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
We are born in this world to lose as well as to gain, to have happiness as well as misery. Enrich your mind by understanding this and improve, gaining stability thereby.
People use the word "natural". . . What is natural to me is these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system. What I consider artificial is 4 years at Harvard, and the Bible, and Saint Patrick's cathedral, and the Sunday school teachings.
As you always discover when you make something, typically if your object isn't frivolous, people's relationship to it isn't frivolous.
With music, I'm comfortable singing to people but I'm not that comfortable playing the guitar.