Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.

Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

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.

If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a read more

If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a Model.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.

I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.

A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb.

A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.