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A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.

Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself.

Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.