When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.

Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.

Friendships are nice. So is competence.

Drink the sun’s warmth and the moon’s icy glitter, and taste that which the dead and the yet-to-be-born cannot: the potency of this world.

Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares? He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!

It's tough when you're No. 1. You don't have any private life, you can't even walk anywhere. I think that was one reason why I lost my motivation to play tennis.

One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work

By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.

When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.

The basis of action on love, the brotherhood of all men, the value of the individual... the humility of the spirit.

My mother was the making of me.