There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
Socrates indeed when he was asked of what country he called himself said 'Of the world' for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.
A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
Rashness belongs to youth prudence to old age.
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.