Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement.
Marcus AureliusAt day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."
Marcus AureliusIn reading and writing, you cannot lay down rules until you have learnt to obey them. Much more so in life.
Marcus Aurelius