Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy!
The king is the man who can.
Out of the lowest depths there is a path to the loftiest heights.
Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced; it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself.
Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable.
Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments. Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know theyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.