Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.

A disease is farther on the road to being cured when it breaks forth from concealment and manifests its power.

Time is the greatest remedy for anger.

Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.

How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.

An unpopular rule is never long maintained.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.