Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Francis Bacon
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. See image Seneca the Younger
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. See image Sigmund Freud
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. See image Winston Churchill
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. See image Francis Bacon