Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.

For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the heap which she is piling up, not unaware nor careless of the future.

I beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

If you drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back.

Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.