The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.

I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad.

He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!

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.

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.

Not he who has little, but he whose wishes more, is poor.