Full of men, vacant of friends.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. [We must learn to control and focus the force of our imagination on the good, bright side so it is positive and constructive helping ourselves and others, rather than let its force focus on the bad, dark side so it is negative and destructive hurting ourselves and others!]

It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - even more surprising - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.

I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?

How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!

Where fear is, happiness is not.