The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?

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

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

Let us be brave in the face of adversity.