He Who Is Virtuous Is Wise; And

Contemplate The Extent And Stability Of The Heavens, And Then At Last Cease To Admire Worthless Things.

Balance Out The Good Things And The Bad That Have Happened In Your Life And You Will Have To Acknowledge That You Are Still Way Ahead. You Are Unhappy Because You Have Lost Those Things In Which You Took Pleasure? But You Can Also Take Comfort In The Likelihood That What Is Now Making You Miserable Will Also Pass Away.

All Fortune Is Good Fortune; For It Either Rewards, Disciplines, Amends, Or Punishes, And So Is Either Useful Or Just.

One's Virtue Is All That One Truly Has, Because It Is Not Imperiled By The Vicissitudes Of Fortune.

So It Follows That Those Who Have Reason Have Freedom To Will Or Not To Will, Although This Freedom Is Not Equal In All Of Them. [...] Human Souls Are More Free When They Persevere In The Contemplation Of The Mind Of God, Less Free When They Descend To The Corporeal, And Even Less Free When They Are Entirely Imprisoned In Earthly Flesh And Blood.