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.
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
A joke's a very serious thing.
You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.
We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.