It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.

The sovereign good of man is a mind that subjects all things to itself and is itself subject to nothing; such a man's pleasures are modest and reserved, and it may be a question whether he goes to heaven, or heaven comes to him; for a good man is influenced by God Himself, and has a kind of divinity within him.

The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed eventually to pass into the same silence, will fight against oblivion and for a long time hold their own.

Speech devoted to truth should be straightforward and plain

Time is the greatest remedy for anger.

To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent.

Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be nobody's.