Nothing Is Miserable But What Is Thought

One's Virtue Is All That One Truly Has, Because It Is Not Imperiled By The Vicissitudes Of Fortune.

Give Me Thy Light, And Fix My Eyes On Thee!

No Man Can Ever Be Secure Until He Has Been Forsaken By Fortune.

As Far As Possible, Join Faith To Reason.

Wretched Men Cringe Before Tyrants Who Have No Power, The Victims Of Their Trivial Hopes And Fears. They Do Not Realise That Anger Is Hopeless, Fear Is Pointless And Desire All A Delusion. He Whose Heart Is Fickle Is Not His Own Master, Has Thrown Away His Shield, Deserted His Post, And He Forges The Links Of The Chain That Holds Him.