Resistance - that is the distinction of the slave. Let your distinction be obedience. Let your commanding itself be obeying!

A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.

Do not allow yourselves to be deceived: Great Minds are Skeptical.

Only you must have worthy foes hate, but not enemies worthy of contempt. You must be proud of your enemy.

if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of truth, which can be "frightening and ugly,” then they need to search.

A woman's pity, which is talkative, carries the sick person's bed to the public marketplace.

Men after death ... are understood worse than men of the moment, but heard better.