A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission.

How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life

Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.

From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on such things money should be eagerly spent.

Find joy in simplicity, self-respect, and indifference to what lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race. Follow the divine.

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

Confine yourself to the present.