To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.

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

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.

To give and to lose is nothing; but to lose and to give still is the part of a great mind.

The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.

True love hates and will not bear delay.