Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
The origin of all mankind was the same; it is only a clear and good conscience that makes a man noble, for that is derived from heaven itself.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
The most happy ought to wish for death.
The way to wickedness is always through wickedness.
It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
No one can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.
The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.
The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace.
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.
I shall never be ashamed to quote a bad author if what he says is good.
The wish for healing has always been half of health.
Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.
He has committed the crime who profits by it.
Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
The fear of war is worse than war itself.
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.
When one has lost a friend one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation.
Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.
We should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the sight of blood and suffering.
As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever follows himself and weighs upon himself as his own most burdensome companion. And so we ought to understand that what we struggle with is the fault, not of the places, but of ourselves
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
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