“A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“Nor is he the wisest man who never proved himself a fool.”

“The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense — he is always satisfied with himself.”

“The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.”

“No man knows what he can do until he tries.”

“A fool boasts about what little he knows. A wise man keeps quiet about what he knows and is safe.”

“The greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock: he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work is to be produced.”

“Let no man judge himself to be a Christian, unless he is one who both follows the teaching of Christ and imitates his example.”