Soul and intellect are just the same things.

One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.