Necessity makes even the timid brave.

For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.

Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.

Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.