Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.

A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy.

There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.

Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good.