He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

You must act as if it is impossible to fail.

For honest merit to succeed amid the tricks and intrigues which are now so lamentably common, I know is difficult; but the honor of success is increased by the obstacles which are to be surmounted. Let me triumph as a man or not at all.

Gluttony and vanity grow with age.

By rousing himself, by earnestness, by restraint and control, the wise man may make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.

Before his appointed time, a person cannot die though thrown into the very jaws of death; but when that time arrives, even a straw destroys him.