We are at best but stewards of what we falsely call our own; yet avarice is so insatiable that it is not in the power of liberality to content it.
Man is a reasoning Animal.
Golden roofs break men's rest.
Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.