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

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.

The stomach begs and clamors, and listens to no precepts. And yet it is not an obdurate creditor; for it is dismissed with small payment if you give it only what you owe, and not as much as you can.

The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.

A man's ability cannot possibly be of one sort and his soul of another. If his soul be well-ordered, serious and restrained, his ability also is sound and sober. Conversely, when the one degenerates, the other is contaminated.

No possession is gratifying without a companion.

A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.