The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.

Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.

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

Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.

Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life is short. You must make the most of the present with the aid of reason and justice. Since it is possible that you may be quitting life this very moment, govern every act and thought accordingly.

There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.

There is a limit circumscribed to your time – if you do not use it to clear away your clouds, it will be gone, and you will be gone, and the opportunity will not return