This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received.

That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this -- that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.

The fear of war is worse than war itself.

Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.

Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and successful by examples.

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

The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.