Virtue is the truest nobility.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

Miguel de Cervantes

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

The road to the inn is much better than the stay.

The road to the inn is much better than the stay.

Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.

Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

A good name is better than bags of gold.

A good name is better than bags of gold.

Every man is the son of his own works.

Every man is the son of his own works.

Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

God exalts the man who humbles himself.

God exalts the man who humbles himself.

A woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

A woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.

Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.

Love not what you are but only what you may become.

Love not what you are but only what you may become.

Many littles make a lot.

Many littles make a lot.

Believe there are no limits but the sky.

Believe there are no limits but the sky.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Oft in my way have I stood still, though but a casual passenger, so much I felt the awfulness of life.

Oft in my way have I stood still, though but a casual passenger, so much I felt the awfulness of life.

We live by admiration, hope and love.

We live by admiration, hope and love.