"It is a subtle truth that every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"Life is an unwritten ledger; each passing sunrise offers a clean and waiting page. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows the true master is an eternal student."

"The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be."

"It is a essential truth that true authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others."

"One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best."