All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief. Cicero
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body. Cicero
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. Cicero
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Cicero
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. Cicero