Learn as though you would never be able to master ...

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Learn as though you would ...