It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

I thought so hard I got a headache.

I thought so hard I got a headache.

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic read more

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, read more

Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death. But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.