Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.

I don’t mind citing a bad author if the line is good.

Philosophy alone makes the mind invincible, and places us out of the reach of fortune, so that all her arrows fall short of us.

Know thyself; this is the great object.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent.

You will die not because you're ill, but because you're alive.