I have seen people rude by being over-polite.

Don't be afraid to say what you are not afraid to think

The desire for riches is more sharpened by their use than by their need. Pleasing all: a mark that can never be aimed at or hit.

Those sciences which govern the morals of mankind, such as Theology and Philosophy, make everything their concern: no activity is so private or so secret as to escape their attention or their jurisdiction.

When Socrates, after being relieved of his irons, felt the relish of the itching that their weight had caused in his legs, he rejoiced to consider the close alliance between pain and pleasure.

An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.