wisdom Quotes

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.