I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

The most complex things are the simplest.

The most complex things are the simplest.

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people read more

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your read more

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active read more

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.