It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

The part of life which we really live is short.

As the world leads we follow.

It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.

The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.

We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine.

We must take care to live not merely a long life, but a full one; for living a long life requires only good fortune, but living a full life requires character. Long is the life that is fully lived; it is fulfilled only when the mind supplies its own good qualities and empowers itself from within.