“And do you know why we have not the power to attain this Stoic ideal? It is because we refuse to believe in our power. Nay, of a surety, there is something else which plays a part: it is because we are in love with our vices; we uphold them and prefer to make excuses for them rather than shake them off. We mortals have been endowed with sufficient strength by nature, if only we use this strength, if only we concentrate our powers and rouse them all to help us or at least not to hinder us. The reason is unwillingness, the excuse, inability.”

“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage."— Seneca”

“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.”

“We are members of one great body, planted by nature…. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole”

“Huius (sapientis) opus unum est de divinis humanisque verum invenire; ab hac numquam recedit religio, pietas, iustitia ...”

“All outdoors may be bedlam, provided there is no disturbance within.”

“distringit librorum multitudo (the abundance of books is distraction)”

“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.”

“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”

“Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.”

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.”