Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger

We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.

Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.

Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.