What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.
Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.
A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.
Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.
A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.