“One should seek for the salutary in the unpleasant: if it is there it is after all nectar. One should seek for the deceitful in the pleasant: if it is there it is after all poison.”

“A wise man to accomplish his end may even carry his foe on his shoulder.”

“One should seek for the salutary in the unpleasant: if it is there it is after all nectar. One should seek for the deceitful in the pleasant: if it is there it is after all poison.”

“A great man does not lose his self-possession when he is afflicted the ocean is not made muddy by the falling in of its banks.”

“If a man be self-controlled truthful wise and resolute is there aught that can stay out of reach of such a man?”

“By associating with good and evil persons a man acquires the virtues and vices which they possess even as the wind blowing over different places takes along good and bad odors.”