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

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.

No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.

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

Art is man's refuge from adversity.

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.