2. True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

3. There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

4. When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

5. The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.

6. Wisdom begins in wonder.

7. When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.

8. Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

9. Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.

10. The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.