We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.

You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.

In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.