Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.

Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be kept straight by others.

Take the shortest route. The one that nature planned - to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all calculations and pretension.

All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.

There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.

Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?

You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.