Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.

Above all have respect for yourself.

Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.

Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.

Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.

No man is free who cannot control himself.

A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.