If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God.

Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.

Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.

Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.

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

Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.