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

The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would.

There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.

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.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.