There is a doctrine whispered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door and run away; this is a great mystery which I do not quite understand.

May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.

Give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and inward may be one.

Knowledge is our ultimate good.

I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.