No one was ever injured by the truth; but he who persists in self-deception and ignorance is injured.

A man's happiness,-to do the things proper to man.

Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?

Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain.

This is moral perfection: to live each day as though it were the last; to be tranquil, sincere, yet not indifferent to one's fate.

My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.