Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.

This is the mark of a perfect character - to pass through each day as though it were the last, without agitation, without torpor, and without pretense.

A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.

Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.