The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile endure awhile believe always and never turn back.
When in fear it is safest to force the attack.
Not he who has little but he who wishes more is poor.
What is the proper limit for wealth? It is first to have what is necessary and second to have what is enough.
Courage leads starward fear toward death.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for no wind is the right wind.
Knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.
He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.
No man can live happily who regards himself alone who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself.
No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.