Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. — Jean Jacques Rousseau. Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)
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.
The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.