Full of men, vacant of friends.
He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.
Our posterity will wonder about our ignorance of things so plain.
No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.