The way to wickedness is always through wickedness.

When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that 'he hadn't come to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.' Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: 'It's not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.' Give your whole mind to her.

The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.

True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.

It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - even more surprising - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.

He who is everywhere is nowhere.