A man would create another man if one did not already exist, but a woman might live an eternity without even thinking of reproducing her own sex.

Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff for that purpose in it; and a man becomes renowned because he has the necessary stuff in him. Renown is not to be sought, and all pursuit of it is vain. A person may, indeed, by skillful conduct and various artificial means, make a sort of name for himself; but if the inner jewel is wanting, all is vanity, and will not last a day.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity.

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.

Our mistakes and failures are always the first to strike us, and outweigh in our imagination what we have accomplished and attained.

Can a sparrow know how a stork feels?