Wisdom

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind with a tender heart.

I shall adopt new views as fast as they shall appear to be true views.

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.

I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser today