Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.

Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart.