Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty.

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly important future. 

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, 'Act swiftly awesome pachyderm!'

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Being crazy isn't enough.

Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which is never advisable.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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