wisdom Quotes

Every burned book enlightens the world.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.