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.

We remember childhood as the fabulous years of our lives, and nations remember their childhood as fabulous years.

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

Men seldom act from a correct sense of what may be harmful or useful to them.

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

The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way and acts absolutely consistently in another.

The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is.