Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

Life's like a play; it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

Be harsh with yourself at times.

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.

Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.

He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.