Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

The most complete revenge is not to imitate the aggressor.

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

As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.

It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres.