Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered with mortals he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life.

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Time which diminishes all things increases understanding for the aging.

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.

Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.