It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it.
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...
f you wish to put off all worry, assume that what you fear may happen is certainly going to happen.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for crisis.
errare humanum est, sed perseverare diabolicum: 'to err is human, but to persist (in the mistake) is diabolical.
Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
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...