"I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know."

"A calm mind is the greatest pleasure."

"The wise man does not deprecate life nor does he fear the end of life."

"The man who says that all things are not possible to him is a fool."

"The pleasure which is sought after by the many is not true pleasure, but only the absence of pain."