We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down".

To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.

The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."

All things are in common among friends.