Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.

In omni adversitate fortunæ, infelicissimum genus est infortunii fuisse felicem In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.

Love binds people too, in matrimony's sacred bonds where chaste lovers are met, and friends cement their trust and friendship. How happy is mankind, if the love that orders the stars above rules, too, in your hearts.

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy

Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.