Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Virtue is shut out from no one; she is open to all, accepts all, invites all, gentlemen, freedmen, slaves, kings, and exiles; she selects neither house nor fortune; she is satisfied with a human being without adjuncts.

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.

Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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