He gets through too late who goes too fast. To do two things at once is to do neither. When you are at sea, keep clear of the land. People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.
Whatever a man does he must do first in his mind. The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. Greater things are believed of those who are absent. It is human nature to hate whom you have injured. The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.