Good Birth Is A Fine Thing, But

Nothing Can Produce So Great A Serenity Of Life As A Mind Free From Guilt And Kept Untainted, Not Only From Actions, But Purposes That Are Wicked. By This Means The Soul Will Be Not Only Unpolluted But Also Undisturbed. The Fountain Will Run Clear And Unsullied.

Those Who Aim At Great Deeds Must Also Suffer Greatly.

I Confess Myself The Greatest Coward In The World, For I Dare Not Do An Ill Thing.

Talkativeness Has Another Plague Attached To It, Even Curiosity; For Praters Wish To Hear Much That They May Have Much To Say.

For To Err In Opinion, Though It Be Not The Part Of Wise Men, Is At Least Human.