What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.

You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?

Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.

No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.