The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it

The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.

Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob.

Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.

No book can be so good, as to be profitable when negligently read.

Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.

It is one thing to remember, another to know. To remember is to safeguard something entrusted to the memory. But to know is to make each thing one's own, not depend on the text and always to look back to the teacher. "Zeno said this, Cleanthes said this." Let there be space between you and the book.