When the Idea, of any Pleasure strikes your Imagination... let that time be employed in making a just Computation between, the duration of the Pleasure, and that of the Repentance sure to follow it.

Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own

If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.'

Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature but all things become so through habit

It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking and other bodily functions. These things are best done by the way; all your attention must be given to the mind.

Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.