Character is an invincible force, which acts by presence and without means

Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is, to live under the government of worse men; and the like regret is suggested to all the auditors, as the penalty of abstaining to speak,--that they shall hear worse orators than themselves.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Why should I hasten to solve every riddle which life offers me? I am well assured that the Questioner, who brings me so many problems, will bring me the answers also, in due time.

Truth has not single victories; all things are its organs,--not only dust and stones, but errors and lies.

To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.