Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I somehow had an experience which enabled me to follow the meaning of words.
For the wise man, every day is a festival.
When a man's struggle begins within oneself, the man is worth something.