“The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.”

If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.

Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.

Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?

Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.

A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.

Success always calls for greater generosity—though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed.

Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.

Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.

I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.

Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.

He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.

And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.

Let No One Fall Idle.

In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.

Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.

It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.

It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view.

If the ability to tell right from wrong should have anything to do with the ability to think, then we must be able to ‘demand’ its exercise in every sane person no matter how erudite or ignorant.

Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Ability without honor is useless.

The leader of the genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

The most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait, it’s more so how we behave while we are being patient that separates us.