All that is from the gods is full of Providence.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Let goodness go with the doing.

Dress not thy thoughts in too fine a raiment. And be not a man of superfluous words or superfluous deeds.