"A happy life consists in tranquility of..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship.”

“History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life”

“Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.”

“You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!”

“Leave to the masters of art trained by a lifetime of devotion the wonderful process of picture-building and picture creation. Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.”

“Under the specious pretext of effecting 'the happiness of the whole community,' nearly all the wrongs and intrusions of government has been carried through.”

“Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon drop off.”

“Who does not sometimes envy the good and the brave, who are no more to suffer from the tumults of the natural world, and await with curious complacency the speedy term of his own conversation with finite nature?”

“Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.”