Think of God oftener than you breathe.

The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys.

Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.

What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?

Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.