Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.

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

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world