There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
Luck never made a man wise.
But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we blame in another we shall find in our own bosoms.
While we wait for life, life passes
In war there is no prize for runner-up.
We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
Nothing is so false as human life, nothing so treacherous. God knows no one would have accepted it as a gift, if it had not been given without our knowledge.
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.
The abundance of books is distraction
My advice is really this: what we hear the philosophers saying and what we find in their writings should be applied in our pursuit of the happy life. We should hunt out the helpful pieces of teaching and the spirited and noble-minded sayings which are capable of immediate practical application-not far far-fetched or archaic expressions or extravagant metaphors and figures of speech-and learn them so well that words become works.
Our posterity will wonder about our ignorance of things so plain.
Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.
Good sides to adversity are best admired at a distance.
That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
I would rather be sick than idle.
The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.
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