Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.

I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.

You might as well take the sun out of the sky as friendship from life: for the immortal gods have given us nothing better or more delightful.

The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.

No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.