When the gods come among men, they are not known.

In the history of the individual is always an account of his condition, and he knows himself to be a party to his present estate.

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

As much wisdom may be expended on a private economy as on an empire, and as much wisdom may be drawn from it.

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.