Leisure without study is death, and the grave of a living man.

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.

As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever follows himself and weighs upon himself as his own most burdensome companion. And so we ought to understand that what we struggle with is the fault, not of the places, but of ourselves

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.

He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.

Remember, not one penny can we take with us into the unknown land.