It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.
In times of stress, be bold and valiant.
The just man having a firm grasp of his intentions, neither the heated passions of his fellow men ordaining something awful, nor a tyrant staring him in the face, will shake in his convictions.
Tear thyself from delay.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.