To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind.

Many shed tears merely for show, and have dry eyes when no one's around to observe them.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

No man was ever wise by chance.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

To give and to lose is nothing; but to lose and to give still is the part of a great mind.

He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.