[N]either in war nor yet at law ought any man to use every way of escaping death. For often in battle there is no doubt that if a man will throw away his arms, and fall on his knees before his pursuers, he may escape death; and in other dangers there are other ways of escaping death, if a man is willing to say and do anything. The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.

If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.

Just as you ought not to attempt to cure eyes without head or head without body, so you should not treat body without soul.

Contentment is natural wealth.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.