I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life

Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.

The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods of heaven? Whatever thou dost behold and whatever thou dost touch, that is Jupiter.

As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and integrity differ.

The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.

An idle life always produces varied inclinations.

Not a stone but has its history.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.

As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.

Confidence is good, but confidence with humility is far better.

If you do not acquire good training in detachment, you may attach to all the wrong things.

One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.

Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.

It is on the whole probably that we continually dream, but that consciousness makes such a noise that we do not hear it.

Within the heart of every person exists the flame of wisdom that transforms all suffering into kindling for the fire of creative energy.

I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death.

Even in civilized communities, the embryo man passes through the hunter stage of development.

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.