The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe. .. We should not say 'I am an Athenian' or 'I am a Roman' but 'I am a citizen of the Universe.

I'm going to be meeting with people today who talk too much - people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I can't imagine a world without such people.

Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.

After all, what does fame everlasting mean? Mere vanity.

Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.

Choose not to be harmed and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed and you haven't been.