If you wish to leave much wealth to your children, leave them in God's care. Do not leave them riches, but virtue and skill. For if they learn to expect riches, they will not mind anything besides, and their abundant riches shall give them the means of screening the wickedness of their ways.

It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them.

He that enjoys naught without thanksgiving is as though he robbed God.

If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades.

Dost thou wish to receive mercy? Show mercy to thy neighbor.

Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.