A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.
Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.
Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.
Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.
A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.