But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

My belief is that to have no wants is divine.

The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

The examined life is the only life worth living.

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth