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

Everything since Homer has improved, except poetry.

I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source of that praise.

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

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

It's not our disadvantages or shortcomings that are ridiculous, but rather the studious way we try to hide them, and our desire to act as if they did not exist.

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