“The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.”

Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

The word is the shadow of the deed.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.

Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.

The wise man’s home is the universe.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

One should practice much sense, not much learning.

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Through the ages all great men have taught truth and happiness can’t be bought.

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of their country and their race.

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.

The children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them – thus preserving the system.

By the proper intakes of vitamins and other nutrients and by following a few other healthful practices from youth or middle age on, you can, I believe, extend your life and years of well-being by twenty-five or even thirty-five years.

Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.

Most people die at age 25 and are buried at age 65.