—  Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

—  Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945]

—  Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach

—  Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

—  Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer

—  Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer

—  Carl Sagan, 1934-1996, American astronomer

—  Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

—  Northcote Parkinson, 1909-1993, British historian

—  William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

—  Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer

—  Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker

—  Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

—  Bruce Lee, 1940-1973, Chinese-American actor

—  John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962

—  John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

—  P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

—  George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet

—  Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer

—  Italo Calvino, 1923-1985, Italian writer

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Εις ευ φρονών μυρίων μη φρονούντων κρείττων εστί.

—  Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Τω κρατίστω.

—  Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, King of Macedon

     (about who he thought was worthy enough to succeed him)

Αετού γήρας κορύδου νεότης.

—  Ancient Greek phrase

Της μεν κακής κάκιον ουδέν γίγνεται γυναικός, εσθλής δ’ ουδέν εις υπερβολήν πέφυκ’ άμεινον.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Melanippe

Αρετής προπάροιθε ιδρώτα θεοί αθάνατοι θήκαν.

—  Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -289

Έσω βλέπε· μηδενός πράγματος μήτε η ιδία ποιότης μήτε η αξία παρατρεχέτω σε.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VI, 3

Τοσούτου άξιος έκαστός εστιν, όσου άξιά εστι ταύτα περί ά εσπούδακεν.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VII, 3

Δόκιμος ανήρ και αδόκιμος ουκ εξ ων πράσσει μόνον, αλλά και εξ ων βούλεται.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

—  International proverb

—  Yiddish proverb