Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. Epicurus
A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love. Joseph Conrad
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason. Novalis
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason. André Gide
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. Aristotle
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. Russian Proverb