It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors.
Courage is knowing what to fear.
The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above.
Seek truth while you are young, for if you do not, it will later escape your grasp
A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.
He who has knowledge of the just and the good and beautiful ... will not, when in earnest, write them in ink.