I was not a child prodigy, because a child prodigy is a child who knows as much when it is a child as it does when it grows up.
Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.
By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.
A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn't?
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one.