From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure; nor continually to excuse the neglect of duties required by our relation to those with whom we live, by alleging urgent occupations.

Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.

Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.

A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.

I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.