Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose.

It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

No matter what one says, you can recognize only those matters that are equal to you. Only rulers who possess extraordinary abilities will recognize and esteem properly extraordinary abilities in their subjects and servants.

Let us live, while we are alive!

How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.

He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life.

Many hammer all over the wall and believe that with each blow they hit the nail on the head.