Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves nor take away from themselves.

As we grow older we grow both more foolish and wiser at the same time.

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.

To know oneself is not necessarily to improve oneself

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.