“Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.”

“If you believe in your heart that you are right, then you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.”

“But remember this above all: defeat your instinct. Your love of glory must conquer your will to survive; or why fight at all? Why not be a smith, a brewer, a wool merchant? Why are you in the contest, if not to win, and if not to win, then to die?”

“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others”

“If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it;Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.”

“For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests.”