The most miserable mortals are they that deliver themselves up to their palates, or to their lusts; the pleasure is short, and turns presently nauseous, and the end of it is either shame or repentance.

Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.

The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena or essentially Too late.

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.

How many discoveries are reserved for the ages to come when our memory shall be no more, for this world of ours contains matter for investigation for all generations.

Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.