“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well
“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen
“There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live
“I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my death I will return to the same state
“It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
“In sorrow he learned this truth: Though one may return to the place of his birth, he cannot go back to his youth