We gain so much by quickness, and lose so much by slowness.
Life's like a play; it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases, treating her as if she were actually going to do everything it is in her power to do. Whatever you have been expecting for some time comes as less of a shock.
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar.
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.
Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.
Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.
The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
Every journey has an end.
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
Self-denial is the best riches.
For greed, all nature is too little.
You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.
Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
You will die not because you're ill, but because you're alive.
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do in all cases, and, like good marksmen, to hit the white at any distance.
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