We found water. We passed into a more fertile country where were grass and fruit. We found the trail to Babylon because the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them, while the soul of a slave whines, 'What can I do who am but a slave?

The more wisdom we know the more we may earn. Those who seek to learn more of their craft shall be richly rewarded.

Action will lead you forward to the success you desire.

If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.

A lean purse is easier to cure than to endure.

If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things?

Learning was of two kinds: the one being the things we learned and knew, and the other being the training that taught us how to find out what we did not know?