...a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.

The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.

...[R]eal wisdom is the property of God, and... human wisdom has little or no value.

...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.

I am convinced that I never wrong anyone intentionally...

Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.

...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away...

...[T]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... [a]nd to live well means the same thing as to live honourably or rightly...

Do you imagine that a city can continue to exist and not be turned upside down, if the legal judgments which are pronounced in it have no force but are nullified and destroyed by private persons?

There is no REASON to keep SEASONAL people around for a LIFETIME.

They were both lost in cities that would not pause even to shrug

The only sin is mediocrity.

Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage.

Froth at the top dregs at bottom but the middle excellent.

Marilyn Monroe was taken advantage of by most of the men that knew her, including Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio, whom I also knew very well.

Serendipity is nice, but hoping for luck and the magic of happenstance shouldn't be an excuse for a lack of proactivity. I had to learn for myself that waiting isn't a life plan.

Deepest communion with God is beyond words, on the other side of silence.

Know the enemy, know yourself; your victory will never be endangered. Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be total.

We all get so caught up in the moment of what we're doing every day, it's hard to hit that reset button and get pulled away from all that and see life from a different perspective.