Barba non facit philosophum
Learn to be pleased with everything...because it could always be worse, but isn't!
Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.
Among real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether they are equal or one of them is superior.
These Macedonians are a rude and clownish people; they call a spade a spade.
But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.