When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. -- Confucius Only the educated are free. -- Epictetus The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. -- Edward Gibbon Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. -- Victor Hugo The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him. -- G. D. Prentice To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer. -- George Bernard Shaw