Life is most delightful on the downward slope.

He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.

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

The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.

The sovereign good of man is a mind that subjects all things to itself and is itself subject to nothing; such a man's pleasures are modest and reserved, and it may be a question whether he goes to heaven, or heaven comes to him; for a good man is influenced by God Himself, and has a kind of divinity within him.

On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.