There is no evil that does not offer inducements. Vices tempt you by the rewards which they offer.

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.

There is no power greater than true affection.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. [We must learn to control and focus the force of our imagination on the good, bright side so it is positive and constructive helping ourselves and others, rather than let its force focus on the bad, dark side so it is negative and destructive hurting ourselves and others!]

Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host.