There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

Will any man despise me? Let him see to it. But I will see to it that I may not be found doing or saying anything that deserves to be despised.

When they're really possessed by what they do, they'd rather stop eating and sleeping than give up practicing their arts.

To the world: Your harmony is mine. Whatever time you choose is the right time. Not late, not early.

To love only what happens, what was destined. No greater harmony.

Is an emerald suddenly flawed if no one admires it?