Knowledge without wisdom is double folly.

It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources to deal with a single person these days than with an entire nation in times past.

He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything.

Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.

When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.

We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.