Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible.

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature.

Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue

No matter whether you claim a slave by purchase or capture, the title is bad. They who claim to own their fellow-men, look down into the pit and forget the justice that should rule the world.

Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on.

A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.

Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason.

No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.

It is gracious to have old people full of vitality and endowed with wisdom in our society.

Even the highest branches cannot deny that they have roots in a common bond.

Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep.

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

I don't write out of fear. I write out of a strong urge to meet death on its own eternal terms, because the fact is that if you write as little as a page of prose-even bad prose-that is eternal.

America is at war. Go eat a donut.

We always looked forward to playing Aston Villa to hear him mangle Ugo Ehiogu's name. "Make sure you pick up Ehugu, Ehogy, whatever his name is."

The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.

I don't know. Just because someone's pretty doesn't mean she's decent. Or vice versa. I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting.

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.