Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be nobody's.

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

Do not grudge your brother his rest. He has at last become free, safe and immortal, and ranges joyous through the boundless heavens; he has left this low-lying region and has soared upwards to that place which receives in its happy bosom the souls set free from the chains of matter. Your brother has not lost the light of day, but has obtained a more enduring light. He has not left us, but has gone on before.

Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.