He that lives alone lives in danger; society avoids many dangers.

He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit.

Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.

Is any man afraid of change? Why what can take place without change? What then is more pleasing or more suitable to the universal nature?

A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.

Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too.

It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.