If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.

If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmo…

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.