Lampis the ship owner, on being asked how he acquired his great wealth, replied, My great wealth was acquired with no difficulty, but my small wealth, my first gains, with much labor.

I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.

It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.