Devotion, like fire, goeth upward.

Let us be such as help the life of the future.

Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.

For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.

Do not lose joy in life as you grow old in years. Let not your 'joie de vivre be crushed under the weight of years.

Your good thoughts, good words and good deeds alone will be your intercessors. Nothing more will be wanted. They alone will serve you as a safe pilot to the harbour of Heaven, as a safe guide to the gates of paradise.

If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.