Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract it is merely a compact between men
He whose hand is clasped in friendship cannot throw mud.
There is one principle that can keep a man in everlasting ignorance. That is contempt prior to investigation.
Novels are longer than life.
What a life! True life is elsewhere. We are not in the world.
Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness -- an open and noble temper.
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion.
There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.
To a wise man every day is a new life.
Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert.
