It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and – even more surprising – it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.
The real compensation of a right action is inherent in having performed it.
I was shipwrecked before I got aboard.
Some cures are worse than the dangers they combat.
Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law.
To govern was to serve, not to rule.
You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
How much longer are you going to be a pupil? From now on do some teaching as well.
War I abhor, and yet how sweet The sound along the marching street Of drum and fife, and I forget Wet eyes of widows, and forget Broken old mothers, and the whole Dark butchery without a soul.
A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
There are more people abusive to others than lie open to abuse themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow.
You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.
There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.
Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger.
To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.
Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.
Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.
Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.