Astronomy? Impossible to understand and madness to investigate.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.

If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.

Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness.

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

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.