“I grow old, ever learning many things.”

Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.

Poets tell many lies.

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

I grow old learning something new every day.

He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.

If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

Each day grow older, and learn something new.

We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.

Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.

Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.

If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.

What thou seest, speak of with caution.

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.

You can’t live with no passion, no zeal: get up, go to work, come home, do it all again. That flame won’t grow without you stirring it.

The sheets grow heavy as a lecher’s kiss.

For things to change, you have to change. For things to get better, you have to get better. For things to improve, you have to improve. When you grow, everything in your life grows with you.

If you keep silent, keep silent by love: if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love; let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow. Love and do what you will.

Your growth scares people who don’t want to change.

Embrace your grief. For there, your soul will grow.

The personal encounter with refugees dispels fears and distorted ideologies and becomes a factor for growth in humanity.