The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

Old age is no place for sissies.

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.

You are a fool in four letters, my son.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

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

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.