Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.

If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.

Virtue is the beauty of the soul.

To use words and phrases in an easygoing manner without scrutinizing them too curiously is not in general a mark of ill-breeding. On the contrary, there is something low-bred in being too precise. But sometimes there is no help for it

The partisan when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.

It is best and easiest not to discredit others but to prepare oneself to be as good as possible.

Our lives are but specks of dust falling through the fingers of time. Like sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.