Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life is short. You must make the most of the present with the aid of reason and justice. Since it is possible that you may be quitting life this very moment, govern every act and thought accordingly.

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

If you are distressed by something, it is due to your own estimate of it; and you have the power to change it at will.

A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.

Man is born for deeds of kindness.

The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.