Necessity moderates more troubles than reason. — Vauvenargues

I do not approve the maxim which desires a man to know a little of everything. Superficial knowledge, knowledge without principles, is almost always useless and sometimes harmful knowledge. — Vauvenargues

To be educated is to understand many things but also, much more important than what you have stored in your mind, to know where to look, how to look, how to question, how to challenge, how to proceed independently, to deal with the challenges that the world presents to you and that you develop in the course of your self education and inquiry and investigations, in cooperation and solidarity with others. — Noam Chomsky

A fool who has a good memory is full of thoughts and facts. But he does not know how to draw conclusions, and everything depends on that. — Vauvenargues

Dependence is born of society. — Vauvenargues

Fortunes are made by energy; lost by imprudence. — Vauvenargues

To praise moderately is always a sign of mediocrity. — Vauvenargues

The most important skills you can have are learning how to figure things out and working like a madman — https://twitter.com/naval/status/1337140648609083393https://twitter.com/naval/status/1337140648609083393

When there is a decision to be taken, the first question you ask is, when does this decision need to be made? And that is when you take the decision. Don’t take it until then, better information and ideas may occur. — John Cleese https://smile.amazon.com/Professor-at-Large-Cornell-Years/dp/1501716573?sa-no-redirect=1

One of the most important skills in life is learning to ignore. Ignoring when you are focused. Ignoring aggravations. To ignore is not to be liked. But to ignore is to be your own master.