Hindu Poetess.
223.
If a man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greater of conquerors.*
Dhammapada.
* Cf. Prov. XVI, 32.
224.
The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.
Demosthenes.
225.
Amongst all possessions knowledge appears pre-eminent. The wise call it supreme riches, because it can never be lost, has no price, and can at no time be destroyed.