How closely flattery resembles friendship! It not only apes friendship, but outdoes it, passing it in the race; with wide-open and indulgent ears it is welcomed and sinks to the depths of the heart, a...
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for crisis.
The best ideas are common property
Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them.
We are born under circumstances that would be favorable if we did not abandon them. It was nature's intention that there should be no need of great equipment for a good life: every individual can make...
errare humanum est, sed perseverare diabolicum: 'to err is human, but to persist (in the mistake) is diabolical.