“It was a noteworthy lesson, even for someone who'd been fed a daily diet of italicized lessons: that people in high places, luminaries with advanced degrees in Classics and in possession of excellent manners, can disappoint you as profoundly as anyone else.”

“This is the greatest lesson a child can learn. It is the greatest lesson anyone can learn. It has been the greatest lesson I have learned: if you persevere, stick w/it, work @ it, you have a real opportunity to achieve something. Sure, there will be storms along the way. And you might not reach your goal right away. But if you do your best and keep a true compass, you'll get there.”

“A melancholy lesson of advancing years is the realisation that you can't make old friends.”

“Another lesson to file away about Scotland: insulting other people in a childish manner was the national pastime.”

“One of the best lessons we can learn is humility. You should define your material possessions; they shouldn’t define you. #”

“Lessons in life are context specific. Contexts are never the same. If there are no lessons you can use does that mean there are actually no lessons”