We know the good, we apprehend it clearly; but we can't bring it to achievement.
To die with glory, if one has to die at all, is still, I think, pain for the dier.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.