His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.
It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.