Being in one’s own company
There is a pleasure in being in one’s own company as long as possible, when a man has made himself worth enjoying.
Recent Thoughts
What a wonderful privilege
Philosophy wields her own authority; she appoints her own time and does not allow it to be appointed for her. She is not a thing to be followed at odd tim...
Take pleasure in being praised
How mad is he who leaves the lecture-room in a happy frame of mind simply because of applause from the ignorant! Why do you take pleasure in being praised...
Virtue
Virtue is nothing else than right reason.
Worry about the future
Consider individuals, survey men in general; there is none whose life does not look forward to the future. “What harm is there in this,” you ask? Infinite...