I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well.

The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.