"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."

"Every day is a new life to a wise man."

"If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're in need of is not to be in a different place but to be a different person."

"Until we have begun to live, we have nothing to do but prepare to live."

"Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."