Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
An arch consists of two weaknesses which, leaning one against the other, make a strength.
Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.
That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
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