How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

And yet, after all, what is posthumous fame? Altogether vanity.

Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.

Be content to seem what you really are.

A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.

Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise.

He who pays no attention to what his neighbor does, says or thinks, preferring to concentrate on making his own actions appropriate and justifiable, better uses his time.