When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.

Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.

If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.

When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that 'he hadn't come to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.' Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: 'It's not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.' Give your whole mind to her.

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.