“He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!”

“Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude" ("He who has begun is half done: dare to know!").”

“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.”

“Happy the man, and happy he alone,he who can call today his own:he who, secure within, can say,Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.Be fair or foul, or rain or shinethe joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.Not Heaven itself, upon the past has power,but what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.”

“In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.”

“Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.”

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.”