Happiness involves working toward meaningful goals.

Among the liberal arts, let us begin with the art that liberates us.

Long life, and short, are by death made all one; for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no more.

Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.

Things seem greater by imagination than they are in effect.

Intemperance is the plaque of sensuality, and temperance is not its bane but its seasoning.

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.