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"True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner."
"Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one."
"Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!"
"Injustice never rules forever."
"The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty."
"True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future."
"Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it."
"Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness."
"You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise."
"It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers."
"I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined."
"It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully."
"No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to."
"That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence."
"If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est."
"The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back."
"The wish for healing has always been half of health."
"Laugh at your problems; everybody else does."
"The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today"
"Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers."