"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

"The funniest thing is that I am often asked to arbitrate disputes, but I am no judge. I just make people agree to disagree. It works surprisingly often."

"The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills."

"Is humanity far away? Whenever I want the virtue of humanity, it comes at once."

"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."