All art is an imitation of nature.
It is not death we fear, but the thought of it.
If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.
Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed. In order to consider himself supremely blessed he must deeply understand that things could be much worse but aren't! To not do that is to always be less happy than he could be.
He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.
Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.