 Big results require big ambitions. |
| You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you. |
| Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it. |
| The way up and the way down are one and the same. |
| Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls. |
| Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. |
| It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul. |
| A man's character is his fate. |
| Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. |
| To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just. |
| Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. |
| Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. |
| The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle. |
| Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung. |
| You cannot step into the same river twice. |
| No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. |
| If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail. |
| Bigotry is the sacred disease. |
| The sun is new each day. |
| There is nothing permanent except change. |
