No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such

Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised.

The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must be always ready to learn better. 'The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.'

Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them.

Neither in thy actions be sluggish nor in thy conversation without method, nor wandering in thy thoughts, nor let there be in thy soul inward contention nor external effusion, nor in life be so busy as to have no leisure.

Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.

Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.