The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.

Whereas a prolonged life is not necessarily better, a prolonged death is necessarily worse.

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

We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we blame in another we shall find in our own bosoms.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." "True happiness is ... to enjoy the present" "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

I don’t mind citing a bad author if the line is good.