If someone ever tells you that you are nothing important, don't be sad, because that person doesn't really know what a person's sincere life is like.
I feel truly optimistic about the future of pessimism.
Jean Rostand
Republics end in luxury; monarchies, by poverty.
Baron de Montesquieu
If we have a library and a garden we have everything.
Cicero
It is impossible to step into the same river twice.
Heraclitus
Learn to obey before commanding.
Solon