If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

Who's started has half finished.

Virtue consists in fleeing vice.

Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

There is measure in all things.