Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.

He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.

He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.

The part of life which we really live is short.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

To govern was to serve, not to rule.

It is one thing to remember, another to know. To remember is to safeguard something entrusted to the memory. But to know is to make each thing one's own, not depend on the text and always to look back to the teacher. "Zeno said this, Cleanthes said this." Let there be space between you and the book.