"Nothing is good but what is profitable."

"Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig."

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."

"If thou art able, make it so that all men shall live as thou wouldst have them live. If not, live thyself as thou wouldst have them live."