Stop talking about what the good man is like, and just be one.

Enter others' minds and let them enter yours.

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.

No one wearies of benefits received.