Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.

I can never forget suffering and I will never forget sunset. I came home with all of it in my mind.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

No one is content with his own lot.

In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.