Nothing great comes into being all at once.

Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.

We are not to lead events, but to follow them.