Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources to deal with a single person these days than with an entire nation in times past.

Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would.

The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.

Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Be first the master of yourself