"Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly."

"No man is free who is not master of himself."

"The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forebearing."

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

"Control thy passions, lest they take vengeance on thee."

"A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"

"Knowledge, like religion, must be 'experienced' in order to be known."

"You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last."

"A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny."

"Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch."

"The fact is, it seems, that the most you can hope is to be a little less, in the end, the creature you were in the beginning, and the middle."