Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.
There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.
There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art.
A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations - they are the device of another to get you into his power