Men exist for the sake of one another.

Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.

Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

Remember this - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.

Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be kept straight by others.