I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.

The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall.

He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.

I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.

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?"

Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.