The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.
We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live in conformity with the highest that is within us; for even if it is small in quantity, in power and preciousness, it far excels all the rest.
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
Wit is educated insolence.
A friend is a second self.
Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.