A dictionary can embrace only a small part of the vast tapestry of a language.

The surest way of concealing from others the boundaries of one s own knowledge is not to overstep them.

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.

Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it.