They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

A lot of people do not care about your money until nearly penniless. They also do so with time

Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.

Once I blazed across the sky, Leaving trails of flame; I fell to earth, and here I lie - Who'll help me up again? -A Shooting Star

Let us live in as small a circle as we will, we are either debtors or creditors before we have had time to look around.

In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.

Woe to falsehood! it affords no relief to the breast, like truth; it gives us no comfort, pains him who forges it, and like an arrow directed by a god flies back and wounds the archer.