Dead, we become the lumber of the world, And to that mass of matter shall be swept Where things destroyed with things unborn are kept.

Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.

The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.

Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

It is one thing to remember, another to know. To remember is to safeguard something entrusted to the memory. But to know is to make each thing one's own, not depend on the text and always to look back to the teacher. "Zeno said this, Cleanthes said this." Let there be space between you and the book.