No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.
A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.
Wisest is he who knows what he does not know.
Be kind, for everyone is having a hard battle.
Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil.