The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

It is necessary that one who really and truly fights for the right, if he is to survive even for a short time, shall act as a private man, not as a public man

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.