The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

While the sick man has life, there is hope.

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man.