The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.

There is nothing after death, and death itself is nothing.

When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.

There is this blessing, that while life has but one entrance, it has exits innumerable, and as I choose the house in which I live, the ship in which I will sail, so will I choose the time and manner of my death.

He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.