Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.

The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.

When thou hast profited so much that thou respectest even thyself, thou mayst let go thy tutor.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.

He who is everywhere is nowhere.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.