Let no young man delay the study of philosophy, and let no old man become weary of it; for it is never too early nor too late to care for the well-being of the soul.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

Live your life without attracting attention.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

Readers, not critics, are the people who determine a book's eventual fate.

The reality is that changes are coming. ... They must come. You must share in bringing them.

Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

And I am bored to death with it. Bored to death with this place, bored to death with my life, bored to death with myself.

I could...see in Emerson...that had he lived in those days when the world was made, he might have offered some valuable suggestions.

We Icelanders are an excellent animal model for humans. This is exactly the way you find common disease genes.

All human life at every stage of its development is worthy of protection.

When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.'

For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.

Who would be so mocked with glory, or to live But in a dream of friendship, To have his pomp and all what state compounds But only painted, like his varnished friends?