“But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle – friendship can only exist between good men.”

What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.

The fruit of too much liberty is slavery.

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

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another’s heart.

For the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.

Most people’s historical perspective begins with the day of their birth.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.

The heights of the earth don’t even begin to measure up to how much the creator of this universe loves you.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again. Only this time, more wisely.

The soul of man has been given wings and at last he is beginning to fly!

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.