Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will-he will be sure to repent it.
The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
Remember, no human condition is ever [...]
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
From the deepest desires [...]
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life [...]
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
If a man is proud [...]