Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.

Half is done when the beginning is done.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.