Spike
- Secret of my Excess
Dear Princess Celestia, today I learned a great lesson about friendship. Well, you might think that it would feel good to get lots and lots of stuff, but it doesn't feel nearly as good as giving something special to some pony you really care about. But I learned that it truly is better to give than to receive, and that kindness and generosity are what lead to true friendship. And that's more valuable than anything in the world. Well, almost anything.
Rarity
- Sweet and Elite
Rarity: Dear Princess Celestia, I wanted to tell you about the important lesson I learned during my visit. Princess Celestia: Now that I would like to hear. Rarity: I learned that no matter where you go in life, you should never forget that you are the product of your home and your friends. And that is something always to be proud of, no matter what.
Twilight Sparkle
- Suited For Success
Dear Princess Celestia, This week my very talented friend Rarity learned that if you try to please everypony, you oftentimes end up pleasing nopony, especially yourself. And I learned this: when somepony offers to do you a favor, like making you a beautiful dress, you shouldn't be overly critical of something generously given to you. In other words, you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Sherlock Holmes
- You see, but you do not observe
You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room." "Frequently." "How often?" "Well, some hundreds of times." "Then how many are there?" "How many? I don't know." "Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed.
Don Quixote
- A Father's Love
It happens that if a father has an ugly and clumsy child, love puts a blindfold over his eyes so that he'll see his defects as cleverness and charm, and he describes them to his friends as if they were subtleties and witticisms.
Don Quixote
- Poet versus Historian
It is one thing to write as a poet and another to write as a historian: the poet can recount or sing about things not as they were, but as they should have been, and the historian must write about them not as they should have been, but as they were, without adding or subtracting anything from the truth.
Don Quixote
- Responsibility of Knights Errant
It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succor them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.
Sherlock Holmes
- Men in London
There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and unclubbable men in town. No member is permitted to take the least notice of any other one. Save in the Stranger's Room, no talking is, under any circumstances, allowed, and thre.
Wordsmith
- One Reason That Makes Nature More Fascinating Than Technology
The difference between real living things and things that seem life-like is that living things can really sense the environment, respond, and adapt. The smallest ant or even a plant may have one million times more sensors than the most complicated robot. This is just one of the reasons that makes nature more fascinating than technology!
Wordsmith
- To Parents . . .
To parents: Your child's character is more important than their grades. Good grades do not even always translate to fine intelligence, nor do they reflect that one has a common sense.
