The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.
Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.
Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.