Lucius Arruntius killed himself, he said, to escape both the future and the past.

The reverse side of truth has a hundred thousand shapes and no defined limits.

The most beautiful lives, to my mind, are those that conform to the common human pattern, with order, but without miracle and without eccentricity.

It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

It is an injustice that an old, broken, half-dead father should enjoy alone, in a corner of his hearth, possessions that would suffice for the advancement and maintenance of many children.

The births of all things are weak and tender and therefore we should have our eyes intent on beginnings.

It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship. For it is a healthy love that will risk wounding or offending in order to profer a benefit.