To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.
If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.
A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.
Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.
She who is born with beauty is born with a sorrow for many a man.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.