Certain laws have not been written, but they are more fixed than all the written laws.

To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.

Death takes us piecemeal, not at a gulp.

Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.

Dead, we become the lumber of the world, And to that mass of matter shall be swept Where things destroyed with things unborn are kept.

Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.

Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.