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

"Ärlighet varar längst."

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

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

"John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: "Foote, I have often wondered what catastrophe would bring you to your end; but I…"

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

"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."