"To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them."

"Ärlighet varar längst."

"The more you are talked about the less powerful you are."

"The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation."

"If it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change."

"I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplis…"

"Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for the…"

"Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it: he that fears otherwise, gives advantage to the danger."

"Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most."

"Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning."