Society's institutions, like government, schools, the arts, and the media, corrupt naturally good individuals. — Jean Jacques Rousseau. Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)
The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
Your first appearance, he said to me, is the gauge by which you will be measured; try to manage that you may go beyond yourself in after times, but beware of ever doing less.