"It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent" — Jean de La Bruyère

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self

Source: Gleanings Among the Sheaves, Humility (1869)

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese

Source: Alarms and Discursions, Cheese (1910)

All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time

Source: The Builders, The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)

Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.

Source: Sartor Resartus (1836)

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing

Jean de La Bruyère Quote