There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.

There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.

Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.

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

It is within the power of every man to live his life nobly, but of no man to live forever. Yet so many of us hope that life will go on forever, and so few aspire to live nobly.

The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.

No man was ever wise by chance.