1. Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
2. He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
3. The unexamined life is not worth living.
4. Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
5. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
6. Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
7. Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.
8. The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
9. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
