To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

There is no mortal whom pain and disease do not reach.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.

I am never less alone than when alone.

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.

Leisure with dignity.