Study the past if you want to define the future.
A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.
The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.
It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.
When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.