It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.

A blessed and indestructible being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; so he is free from anger and partiality, for all such things imply weakness.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

If death causes you no pain when you're dead, it is foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.

Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.