"The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears."
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."
"Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things."
"You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you."
"Character is destiny."
"Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character."
"Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy."
"Much learning does not teach understanding."
"The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three."
"Big results require big ambitions."
"The hidden harmony is better than the obvious."
"Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play."
"Nothing endures but change."
"Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony."
"The sun is new each day."
"You cannot step into the same river twice."
"Nature is wont to hide herself."
"Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe."
"A man's character is his guardian divinity."
"No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger."
"If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail."
"Bigotry is the sacred disease."
"To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do."
"Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung."
"Change alone is unchanging."
