The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.

As in walking it is your great care not to run your foot upon a nail, or to tread awry, and strain your leg; so let it be in all the affairs of human life, not to hurt your mind or offend your judgment. And this rule, if observed carefully in all your deportment, will be a mighty security to you in your undertakings.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united.

I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.

When any person treats you ill or speaks ill of you, remember that he does this or says this because he thinks it is his duty. It is not possible, then, for him to follow that which seems right to you, but that which seems right to himself.