The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.

Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.

Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing.

He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.