It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.

Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.

Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?

The man of humanity delights in mountains