To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.

I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.

Presents, believe me, seduce both men and gods.

Simplicity is a jewel rarely found.

Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.