"I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know."

"The greatest good is to be found in the prudent management of the good things of life."

"It is better to be unfortunate in a reasonable manner than to be fortunate in an unreasonable one."

"The greatest good is the knowledge of the nature of things."

"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."