"If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at second, or even the third place."

"The people's good is the highest law."

"A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age."

"Laws are silent in times of war."

"The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth."

"All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes."

"God said: you must teach, as I taught, without a fee."

"To revive sorrow is cruel."

"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect."

"We all live with the objective of being happy; yet our lives are all different and yet the same."

"Fear Not. What is not real, never was and never will be. What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed."

"I'm actually equal parts cynicism and apathy. I'm always willing to believe the worst as long as it doesn't take too much effort."