Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.

If you have assumed a character above your strength, you have both acted in this matter in an unbecoming way, and you have neglected that which you might have fulfilled.

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.

Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world.

A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.

Wish that everything should come about just as it does.

If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.