Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - even more surprising - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

The way to good conduct is never too late.

Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.

All we see and admire today will burn in the universal fire that ushers in a new, just, happy world.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.