Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.