Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

I can promise to be sincere, but I cannot promise to be impartial.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

If you want someone to develop a specific trait, treat them as though they already had it.

Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.

The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

When a man says he doesn't understand a woman it's because he won't take the trouble.

Life is the saddest thing there is, next to death.

An education is like a crumbling building that needs constant upkeep with repairs and additions.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!