There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn't just fall to a person's lot, that each man owes her to his own efforts, that one doesn't go to anyone other than oneself to find her.

Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself.

Life's like a play; it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.

There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.