Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse.

Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.

A man should be upright, not kept upright.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.