Even while a thing is in the act of coming into existence, some part of it has already ceased to be.

Think on this doctrine, - that reasoning beings were created for one another's sake; that to be patient is a branch of justice, and that men sin without intending it.

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

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.

Each of us needs what nature gives us, when nature gives us.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

...small too even the longest fame thereafter, which is itself subject to a succession of little men who quickly die, and have no knowledge of themselves, let alone of those long dead.