Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.

Wisdom cannot be imparted.

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will.

A society will be free when no one acts out of fear of the Prince or of hell.

Injustice ruins civilization.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.