Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms.
It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Remind oneself continually of one of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.
Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you. Sanity means tying it to your own actions.
Understand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself.