All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

It is better to advise than upbraid, for the one corrects the erring; the other only convicts them.

Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?

Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.