No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.

There is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.

Some lack the fickleness to live as they wish and just live as they have begun.

Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.