"Remember that you were born with two ears and one tongue, so that you may listen more and speak less."

"Limit yourself to the present, and your fears will be gone."

"We must not violate nature, but obey her. And we shall obey her if we fulfill the necessary desires and also the natural, if they bring no harm, but sternly reject the harmful."

"To be happy, we must take care of our bodies and our souls."

"We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and if that be absent, all our actions are directed to attaining it."