Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being.

Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God; for, as a poet hath said, his laws govern all.

Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man.

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.