I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

We find our energies are actually cramped when we are overanxious to succeed.

I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that tied them together.

Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments.

Socrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first; they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui docent.' [For those who want to learn, the obstacle can often be the authority of those who teach]

Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the very beginning of our acquaintance and familiarity; and, consequently, that which first opens the door for us to better ourselves by the example of others, if there be anything in the society worth notice