If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

. . . was apt to suffer things to run on till there was a great heap of papers laid before him, so then he signed them a little too precipitately.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work.

The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.