What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.

A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.

The flowers are full of honey, but only the bee finds out the sweetness.

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world.

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

A joy shared is a joy doubled.

A person hears only what they understand.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Everything is hard before it is easy.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.