And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young and tender. That is the time when they are taking shape and when any impression we choose to make leaves a permanent mark.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

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!

The only thing worse than suffering an injustice is committing an injustice.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.

Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . . For this is the way of happiness.