"In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you"

"On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college"

"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards"

"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child"

"The eyes have one language everywhere"

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom"

"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers"

"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"

"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes"