To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you.

Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.

We all are imbued with the love of praise.

No one dances sober, unless he is insane.