What Disturbs And Alarms Man Are Not

If One Oversteps The Bounds Of Moderation, The Greatest Pleasures Cease To Please.

First Learn The Meaning Of What You Say, And Then Speak.

No Man Is Disturbed By Things, But By His Opinion About Things.

One That Desires To Excel Should Endeavor In Those Things That Are In Themselves Most Excellent.

Don't Just Say You Have Read Books. Show That Through Them You Have Learned To Think Better, To Be A More Discriminating And Reflective Person. Books Are The Training Weights Of The Mind. They Are Very Helpful, But It Would Be A Bad Mistake To Suppose That One Has Made Progress Simply By Having Internalized Their Contents." Translation By Sharon Lebell