Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.

The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace.

Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.

Men learn while they teach.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.

We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine.