There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.

No man loves life like him that's growing old.

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.

Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.

What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?