We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good.
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
Happiness is an equivalent for all troublesome things.
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
Desire and happiness cannot live together.