“Great expectations are better than a poor possession.”

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.

No man is more than another unless he does more than another.

The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.

When God sends the dawn, he sends it for all.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Give the devil his due.

The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

The man who fights for his ideals is alive.

Let every man mind his own business.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Let us make hay while the sun shines.

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

To become successful and outstanding at something, we don’t have to come up with something new; we need only find ways of doing it better.

A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.

If you spend time with your loved ones, you get the energy to do your job better.

Winning is not always the barometer of getting better.

Practical knowledge of what works and what doesn’t work is much better. Theoretical knowledge is important, but I think practical knowledge works better.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.