The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back

Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.

For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.

It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.

No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition.

What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

The great soul surrenders itself to fate.