Life's neither a good nor an evil: it's a field for good and evil.

Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed and rightly.

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.

The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.

The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace.

Life is long if it is full.

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