Let a man use great reverence and manners to himself.

most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

Friendship is one soul in two bodies.

We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.

So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.

Let a man use great reverence and manners to himself.