Study the past, if you would divine the future.

It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

Rotten wood cannot be carved.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

In teaching there should be no class distinctions.

A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

Woman is the masterpiece.