The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty.

If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.

I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel yoou can possibly be possessed of.

There are two kinds of disease of the soul, vice and ignorance.