“No one could endure lasting adversity if it continued to have the same force as when it first hit us. We are all tied to Fortune, some by a loose and golden chain, and others by a tight one of baser metal: but what does it matter? We are all held in the same captivity, and those who have bound others are themselves in bonds - unless you think perhaps that the left-hand chain is lighter. One man is bound by high office, another by wealth; good birth weighs down some, and a humble origin others; some bow under the rule of other men and some under their own; some are restricted to one place by exile, others by priesthoods: all life is a servitude.So you have to get used to your circumstances, complain about them as little as possible, and grasp whatever advantage they have to offer: no condition is so bitter that a stable mind cannot find some consolation in it.”

“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.”