Cato, being scurrilously treated by a low and vicious fellow, quietly said to him, "A contest between us is very unequal, for thou canst bear ill language with ease, and return it with pleasure; but to me it is unusual to hear, and disagreeable to speak it." There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow.

Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health.

All that lies betwixt the cradle and the grave is uncertain.

There is this blessing, that while life has but one entrance, it has exits innumerable, and as I choose the house in which I live, the ship in which I will sail, so will I choose the time and manner of my death.

The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.