There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.
What once were vices are manners now.
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.