"No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."

"And the only life which looks down upon the life of political ambition is that of true philosophy. Do you know of any other?"

"I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly combat."

"No human thing is of serious importance."

"The greatest penalty of evildoing - namely, to grow into the likeness of bad men."

"You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters."

"You see things, and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were, and say 'Why not?"

"A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure."

"A hedge between keeps friendship green."

"A society that puts equality... ahead of freedom will end up with neither."

"The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind."

"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."