There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger.

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.

The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind, yet the mind and the body are one and should not be treated separately!

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.