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

“It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.”

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

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

“In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.”

“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.”

“There is geometry in the humming of the string.”