Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.

The science of love is the philosophy of the heart