The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth living.

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

No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

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

How many things I can do without!