"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"

"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"

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

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

"The eyes have one language everywhere"

"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"

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

"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"

"Silence does not always mark wisdom"

"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes"