For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike.

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are preparing to use it; when they do not require it, they allow it to remain unbent, for otherwise it would remain unserviceable when the time for using it arrived. So it is with man. If he were to devote himself unceasingly to a dull round of business, without breaking the monotony by cheerful amusements, he would fall imperceptibly into idiocy, or be struck by paralysis

Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.

When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.