Leave Other People's Mistakes Where They Lie.

Nowhere Can Man Find A Quieter Or More Untroubled Retreat Than In His Own Soul.

The Longest-lived And The Shortest-lived Man, When They Come To Die, Lose One And The Same Thing.

Without A Purpose, Nothing Should Be Done.

And Yet, After All, What Is Posthumous Fame? Altogether Vanity.

A Man Should Always Have These Two Rules In Readiness. First, To Do Only What The Reason Of Your Ruling And Legislating Faculties Suggest For The Service Of Man. Second, To Change Your Opinion Whenever Anyone At Hand Sets You Right And Unsettles You In An Opinion, But This Change Of Opinion Should Come Only Because You Are Persuaded That Something Is Just Or To The Public Advantage, Not Because It Appears Pleasant Or Increases Your Reputation.