Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. 659
The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you’re in. 660
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. 948
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim. 694
When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange – my youth. 1.29K
