"As long as you are a human being, you are a member of a great whole, and you have a part to play. If you play it badly, you will be hissed off the stage; if well, applauded."

"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things."

"For there is some use even in an ass, but not so much as in an ox: there is also use in a dog, but not so much as in a slave: there is also some use in a slave, but not so much as in citizens: there i…"

"To be happy is to desire nothing, since a man who desires something is not happy, but rather miserable, if he does not get what he desires."

"If you always remember that God stands by you, and inspects your acts, whether in soul or body, you will not err either in your prayers or in your acts."