“Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.”

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Life is long if you know how to use it.

The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.

No man is good by chance. Virtue is something which must be learned.

It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.

Associate with people who are likely to improve you.

No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don't have.

Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms, you'll be able to use them better when you're older.