If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Whatever begins, also ends.

Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled with knowledge but steeped in it.

That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.