You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God.

Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.

Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths.

No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.