And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself.
If souls continue to exist, how does the air contain them from eternity?
Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
They know not how many things are signified by the words stealing, sowing, buying, keeping quiet, seeing what ought to be done; for this is not effected by the eyes, but by another kind of vision.