You don't know what you can do until you try.
The empire of custom is most mighty.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.
The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.