We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal.

The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.

Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.

If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.

The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.

Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.