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Wisest is he who knows he knows not.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

What most counts is not merely to live, but to live right.

I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.

The perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.

Fellow citizens, why do you burn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom you must one day relinquish all?

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.