The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.

It is no easy thing for a principle to become a man's own unless each day he maintains it and works it out in his life.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

If you have assumed a character above your strength, you have both acted in this matter in an unbecoming way, and you have neglected that which you might have fulfilled.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.