Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested destroys its chance of revenge.
Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
If I only have the will to be grateful, I am so.
Life without literary studies is death.
Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives.