A man who has taken your time recognises no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay.

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.

Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.

Many person might have achieved wisdom had they not supposed that they already possessed it.

There is nothing that Nature has made necessary which is more easy than death; we are longer a-coming into the world than going out of it; and there is not any minute of our lives wherein we may not reasonably expect it. Nay, it is but a momen'ts work, the parting of soul and body. What a shame is it then to stand in fear of anything so long that is over so soon!

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

Learn how to feel joy.