Man is a reasoning Animal.
Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure.
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
With parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich.
The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it’s the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that’s weighed.
Fear drives the wretched to prayer.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Light griefs are plaintive, but great ones are dumb.
That grief is light which can take counsel.
A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty.
Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
There is no genius free from some tincture of madness.
He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it.
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.
Who has more leisure than a worm?
If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.