Mercy often inflicts death.

Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.

My advice is really this: what we hear the philosophers saying and what we find in their writings should be applied in our pursuit of the happy life. We should hunt out the helpful pieces of teaching and the spirited and noble-minded sayings which are capable of immediate practical application-not far far-fetched or archaic expressions or extravagant metaphors and figures of speech-and learn them so well that words become works.

It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant.

This life is only a prelude to eternity.

Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.