The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires.

I have this tattooed on my left side! I love the saying and it's a perfect description of Karma, don't judge/discriminate and don't do to someone what you wouldn't want done to you.

The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above.