Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a man to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to make it known to his fellow-men.
All things are in fate, yet all things are not decreed by fate.
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.
Maximize the power of the beliefs that strengthen you and neutralize those that weaken you.
Because it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.