The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.