To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.