Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.

To live is not to live for one's self; let us help one another.

How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.

In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others."

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.

Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.

A man that runs away may fight again.