One Should Part From Life As Odysseus Parted From

The psyche is not of today; its ancestry goes back many millions of years.

He who spares the wicked injures the good

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous, he deserves to be called perfect.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.