The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

Some there are that torment themselves afresh with the memory of what is past; others, again, afflict themselves with the apprehension of evils to come; and very ridiculously both - for the one does not now concern us, and the other not yet ... One should count each day as a separate life.

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.