The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep silence rules the uncounselled sister of eternal fate. Whatever she lays upon thee, endure; perform whatever she commands.

A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.

What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

The important thing is not to know more than all men, but to know more at each moment than any particular man.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

When you praise someone you call yourself his equal.

You don't have to travel around the world to understand that the sky is blue everywhere