e se vi pare ch'io meriti la vostra piete

Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.
You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.
I believe that every now and then it is important to laugh at ourselves and take a lighter approach to our life conditions.
Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage.
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.