What the wise seek is in themselves
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
roads were made for journeys not destinations
I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.
At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand.
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.