Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

YOU ARE NOT ONLY GOOD TO YOURSELF, BUT THE CAUSE OF GOODNESS IN OTHERS

Anybody can be a hellene, by his heart, his mind, his spirit.

The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.

Creation is man's immortality and brings him nearest to the gods.

wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state

God desired to be the real maker of a real bed, not a particular maker of a particular bed, and therefore He created a bed which is essentially and by nature one only.