Judge not by the number, but by the weight.
A youth of sensuality and intemperance delivers over to old age a worn-out body.
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.
Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.