A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
No one should be subjected to force over things which belonged to him.
If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.
No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.
People of our time are so formed for agitation and ostentation that goodness, moderation, equability, constancy, and such quiet and obscure qualities are no longer felt.