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

An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

If you want to change the world, first change your heart.

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me