If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift.

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.

Fortune's not content with knocking a man down; she sends him spinning head over heels, crash upon crash.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.

Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.