You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.

As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.

He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life is the way to this destination.

When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.

The whole discord of this world consists in discords.

Teach the art of living well.