If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.
The use of mottoes is to indicate something we have not attained, but strive to attain. It is right to keep them always before our eyes.
'If a man cannot lift a stone himself, let him leave it, even though he has some one to help him.'
Despotism promotes general self-government, because from top to bottom it makes the individual responsible, and so produces the highest degree of activity.
A man must pay dear for his errors if he wishes to get rid of them, and even then he is lucky.