What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?

As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit

It is only luxury and avarice that make poverty grievous to us; for it is a very small matter that does our business, and when we have provided against cold, hunger, and thirst, all the rest is but vanity and excess.

When one has lost a friend one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.