Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it. |
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.... Whoever yields to temptation debases himself with a debasement from which he can never arise. |
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others. |
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. |
Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both. |
Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals. |
It is well to think well; it is divine to act well. |
A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated. |
Patience makes lighter what sorrow may not heal. |
Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal. |