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

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

“We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.”

“Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!”

“Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.”

“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.”

“Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.”