"If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone."
"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control."
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
"We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope."
"Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope."
"Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?"