The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
Nothing is evil which is according to nature.
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.
Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil.
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.