I shall never be ashamed to quote a bad author if what he says is good.

He has committed the crime who profits by it.

Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.

One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.

I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.

Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.

Finally, everybody agrees that no one pursuit can be successfully followed by a man who is preoccupied with many things-eloquence cannot, nor the liberal studies-since the mind, when distracted, takes in nothing very deeply, but rejects everything that is, as it were, crammed into it. There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living: there is nothing that is harder to learn.