What most counts is not merely to live, but to live right.
God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on.
Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
The unexamined life is not worth living.