The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
We live not according to reason, but according to fashion.
The best way to do good to ourselves is to do it to others; the right way to gather is to scatter.
Men love their vices and hate them at the same time.
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift.
There exists no more difficult art than living.
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
Luck never made a man wise.
Do everything as in the eye of another.
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.
We are sure to get the better of fortune if we do but grapple with her.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
While we wait for life, life passes
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
I am telling you to be a slow-speaking person.
Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.
But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.
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.
In war there is no prize for runner-up.
We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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