Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow

History is truely the witness of times past, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.