Difficulties elicit talents that in more fortunate circumstances would lie dormant.
My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.
There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue.
In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity.
Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.