There is no fair wind for one who knows not whither he is bound.

Whom they have injured they also hate.

His head was turned by too great success.

There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.

It is easy enough to arouse in a listener a desire for what is honorable; for in every one of us nature has laid the foundations or sown the seeds of the virtues. We are born to them all, all of us, and when a person comes along with the necessary stimulus, then those qualities of the personality are awakened, so to speak, from their slumber.

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

While you teach, you learn.