"No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it." —Seneca

"The measure of a man is what he does with power." —Plato

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." —Cicero

"Man’s character is his fate." —Heraclitus, Fragments

"Speak the truth as you see it. But with kindness. With humility." —Marcus Aurelius