“It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.”

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”

“There is no beginning too small.”

“Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin!”

“Even the best things are not equal to their fame.”

“In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood”

“Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.”