Know thyself; this is the great object.
No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do in all cases, and, like good marksmen, to hit the white at any distance.
You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation.