We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.

He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!

Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

Whatever begins, also ends.

Real improvement is of slow growth only.

You should keep on learning as long as there is something you do not know.