It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.

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

To lose a friend is the greatest of all evils, but endeavour rather to rejoice that you possessed him than to mourn his loss.

To live is not a blessing, but to live well.

When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.

The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.