The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.

If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.

To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.