I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.

Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.

Pain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding.

My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.

When the well is dry, people know the worth of water. [so appreciate what you have while you have it]

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

Those renowned generals [Alexander and Caesar] received more faithful service, and performed greater actions by means of the love their soldiers bore them, than they could possibly have done, if instead of being beloved and respected they had been hated and feared by those they commanded.