Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.

How powerful is man! He is able to do all that God wishes him to do. He is able to accept all that God sends upon him.

From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition.

Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in your mind the many and varied troubles which have come to you in the past and will come again in the future, but ask yourself with regard to every present difficulty: 'What is there in this that is unbearable and beyond endurance?'

The most complete revenge is not to imitate the aggressor.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it?