Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers.
In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none.
The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today.
It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
The abundance of books is distraction.
Full of men, vacant of friends.
It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.
I would rather be sick than idle.
Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by actions.
A man who has taken your time recognises no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay.
Many person might have achieved wisdom had they not supposed that they already possessed it.
Good sides to adversity are best admired at a distance.
Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.
If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
Such is the blindness, nay the insanity of mankind, that some men are driven to death by the fear of it.
Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
Plato once wanted to punish one of his slaves and asked his nephew to do the actual whipping for he himself did not own his anger.
A thousand approaches lie open to death.
The stomach begs and clamors, and listens to no precepts. And yet it is not an obdurate creditor; for it is dismissed with small payment if you give it only what you owe, and not as much as you can.