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

Men are ready to suffer anything from others or from heaven itself, provided that, when it comes to words, they are untouched.

If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt.

Since the world never faults a man who refuses to yield...it is generally recognized that weak men live in obedience to the world's will, while the strong obey only their own.

Death is not an evil, because it frees us from all evils, and while it takes away good things, it takes away also the desire for them. Old age is the supreme evil, because it deprives us of all pleasures, leaving us only the appetite for them, and it brings with it all sufferings. Nevertheless, we fear death, and we desire old age.

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion.