He is most powerful who governs himself.
The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution
The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.