Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.

The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error.

A thousand approaches lie open to death.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.