There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.