Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.
Teach the art of living well.
If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver; whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron.
Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers.
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it