You must linger among a limited number of master-thinkers, and digest their works, if you would derive ideas which shall win firm hold in your mind.

He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life is the way to this destination.

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

Most people fancy themselves innocent of those crimes of which they cannot be convicted.

Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.

There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.

You roll my log, and I will roll yours.