He who has begun is half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more.

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.

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.

The wise man accepts his pain, endures it, but does not add to it.

No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

No ascent is too steep for mortals. Heaven itself we seek in our folly.

One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.