People do not die - they kill themselves.

Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.

There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit

Life is a play.It's not its length,but its performance that counts.

We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. -Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur

Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself.

It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.