All things have rest: why should we toil alone, We only toil, who are the first of things.

For man is man and master of his fate.

I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works.

I am a part of all whom I have met.

The vow that binds too quickly snaps itself.

The greater the man the greater the courtesy.

For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In the midst of prosperity the mind is elated, and in prosperity a man forgets himself; in hardship he is forced to reflect on himself, even though he be unwilling. In prosperity a man often destroys the good he has done; amidst difficulties he often repairs what he long since did in the way of wickedness.