The wish for healing has always been half of health.

Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.

The miserable are sacred.

In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases.

It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity.

It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.

It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.