No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he does not possess? ... It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have.

Every instant of time... is a pinprick of eternity.

Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all.

He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit.

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.

In reading and writing, you cannot lay down rules until you have learnt to obey them. Much more so in life.

Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him.