There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.