If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself...
Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.