Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it!

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

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

The young man must store up, the old man must use.