Solitude and company may be allowed to take their turns: the one creates in us the love of mankind, the other that of ourselves; solitude relieves us when we are sick of company, and conversation when we are weary of being alone, so that the one cures the other. There is no man so miserable as he that is at a loss how to use his time

True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled with knowledge but steeped in it.

What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.

Associate with people who are likely to improve you.

Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.