Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.
As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
No one can keep you from living as your nature requires. Nothings can happen to you that is not required by Nature.
A man is a little soul carrying around a courpse.
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.