Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

“Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.”

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”

“The perfecting of one’s self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.”

“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.”

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”