"All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character …"

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth."

"What does it mean to be a philosopher? It means to be able to say, 'I have seen the world, and I have found it good.'"

"Live your life, do your work, then take your hat."