Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune.

The middle course is the best.

Be superior to pleasure.

Safeguard the health of both body and soul.

Be fond of hearing rather than of talking.

We should render a service to a friend to bind him closer to us, and to an enemy in order to make a friend of him.

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

Be ready for reconciliation after quarrels.

A strong gives forgiveness but weak gives permission.

Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles.

Every story is informed by a worldview.

let geese Gabble and hiss, but heroes seek release From dusty bondage into luminous air.

The scaffolding must be removed once the house is built.

I've never been a bad boy.

I think Ive learned more about Baroque music than any other genre.

The person lives twice who lives the first life well

I'm sufficiently independent to know that I can live well and comfortably all the rest of my life whether I'm rejected or not.

Anarchy [is] necessarily consequent to inefficiency.