Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger.
To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.
Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.
Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.
Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.
A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style.
A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort.
Epicurus says that you should rather have regard to the company with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat and drink.
The whole discord of this world consists in discords.
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.
It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.
The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business.
A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.
Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.