Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.