"Leisure without books is death."

"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."

"What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it is a cause for tears."

"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer."

"There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a man who has everything."