We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.

Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.

It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.

All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.

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.

When we name things correctly, we comprehend them correctly, without adding information or judgements that aren't there. Does someone bathe quickly? Don't say be bathes poorly, but quickly. Name the situation as it is, don't filter it through your judgments. Give your assent only to that which is actually true.