Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
Virtue is harmony.
If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.