If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active read more

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his read more

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.

Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

When I am delivering my very best, then that is when I feel successful.

When I am delivering my very best, then that is when I feel successful.

Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write read more

Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

What is conceived well is expressed clearly.

What is conceived well is expressed clearly.