Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, read more

Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

Virtue herself is her own fairest reward. - Punica.

Virtue herself is her own fairest reward. - Punica.

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They read more

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you. - Essays.

Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.

Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.

I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors read more

I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults of the first.

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.