In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

I am an atheist, myself. A simple faith, but a great comfort to me, in these last days.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

Love doesn’t sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

He that seeks trouble never misses.

To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.