“To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.”

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

Instead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.

A man of faith is also full of courage.

The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

Dogs wait for us faithfully.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle – friendship can only exist between good men.

Not for ourselves alone are we born.

Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.

This is one of man’s oldest riddles. How can the independence of human volition be harmonized with the fact that we are integral parts of a universe which is subject to the rigid order of nature’s laws?

I don’t think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking there’s some kind of change.

What are the lessons to be learned from this journey of the mind through the universe? That humans are emotionally fragile, perennially gullible, hopelessly ignorant masters of an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos. Have a nice day.

When you finally accept that it’s OK not to have answers and it’s OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.

Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.

Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.

Some people are just light, glow, hope; human stars.

You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.