Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be... those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes... those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober - minded men.

Wisdom belongs in wonder.

The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning, middle, and end of all things.

Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty.

Be the kind of person that you want people to think you are.

Not I, but the city teaches.

Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.