No book can be so good, as to be profitable when negligently read.
We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.
Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.
Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?
The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today