"The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast."

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise."

"The pleasant and the unpleasant, the agreeable and the disagreeable, are not in things themselves, but in us."

"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."

"What is the world? It is a fleeting show, a transient dream. What is life? It is a momentary flash, a passing shadow."