Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man’s own observation, what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live accordingly to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.

You are a fool in four letters, my son.

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.