"What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them."

"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."

"Knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do."

"The echoes of eternity remind us that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon."

"Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures."

"The best activities for your health are pumping and humping."