We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good.

If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken; and having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing; so shall you succeed in being well spoken of.

What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do the nightingale's part; if I were a swan, I would do as a swan. But now I am a rational creature, and I ought to praise God. This is my work. I do it, nor will I desert my post, so long as I am allowed to keep it. And I ask you to join me in this same song.

Wish that everything should come about just as it does.

Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.