The blood of a goat will shatter a diamond.

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

That in the soul which is called the mind is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing.

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

The intention makes the crime.

For often, when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream.