No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.

The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.

...nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.

Modesty forbids what the law does not.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away.