Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
Life without the courage for death is slavery.
If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar.
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.