Silence is safer than speech.

The soul is unwillingly deprived of truth.

It has been ordained that there be summer and winter, abundance and dearth, virtue and vice, and all such opposites for the harmony of the whole, and (Zeus) has given each of us a body, property, and companions.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.

It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.