“Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.”

“It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.”

“Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.”

“Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.”

“A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.”

“Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.”

“If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.”