Such is the blindness, nay the insanity of mankind, that some men are driven to death by the fear of it.

How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

Throughout the whole of life one must continue to learn to live and what will amaze you even more, throughout life you must learn to die. Seneca (Roman philosopher)

People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt.

Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.