You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.

He who does not prevent a crime, when he can, encourages it.

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium

What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved

The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.

Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: " Is this the condition that I feared?"