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

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion.

An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.

It is difficulties that show what men are.

Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.

From now on practice saying to everything that appears unpleasant: You are merely an appearance and NOT what you appear to be.