We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.
There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displeasure and without offence.
It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.
Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)
For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.
The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.
I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.
Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.
What is dignity without honesty?
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.
Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us that.
It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.
If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.
An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost.
Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.
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