He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

If you are surprised at the number of our maladies, count our cooks.

Why does no one confess his sins? Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams.

The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.

No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom, and that the perfection of wisdom is what makes the happy life, although even the beginnings of wisdom make life bearable. Yet this conviction, clear as it is, needs to be strengthened and given deeper roots through daily reflection; making noble resolutions is not a important as keeping the resolutions you have made already.

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.