"Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters."

"I am not a ‘wise man,’ nor . . . shall I ever be. And so require not from me that I should be equal to the best, but that I should be better than the wicked. It is enough for me if every day I reduce the number of my vices, and blame my mistakes."

"Amintirea plăcerilor este mai de durată și mai de încredere decât prezența lor."

"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for crisis."

"The best ideas are common property"

"No man was ever wise by chance"

"As long as you live, keep learning how to live."

"Silence is a lesson learned through life’s many sufferings."

"Associate with people who are likely to improve you."

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."

"He who is brave is free."

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."