Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
A thought is an idea in transit.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.