A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.

Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another.

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition. To tolerate means to offend.

Character is constructed amidst the tempests of the World