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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

If youth knew; if age could.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.