Before Beginning, Prepare Carefully.

It Is A Great Proof Of Talents To Be Able To Recall The Mind From The Senses, And To Separate Thought From Habit.

The Intellect Engages Us In The Pursuit Of Truth. The Passions Impel Us To Action.

For Surely To Be Wise Is The Most Desirable Thing In All The World.

I Do Not Now So Much As Wish To Have The Strength Of Youth Again That I Wish'd In Youth For The Strength Of An Ox Or Elephant. For It Is Our Business Only To Make The Best Use We Can Of The Powers Granted Us By Nature.

The Life Given Us, By Nature Is Short; But The Memory Of A Well-spent Life Is Eternal.