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It Is Not The Young Man Who Should Be Considered Fortunate But The Old Man Who Has Lived Well, Because The Young Man In His Prime Wanders Much By Chance, Vacillating In His Beliefs, While The Old Man Has Docked In The Harbor, Having Safeguarded His True Happiness.

I Never Desired To Please The Rabble. What Pleased Them, I Did Not Learn; And What I Knew Was Far Removed From Their Understanding.

Misfortune Seldom Intrudes Upon The Wise Man; His Greatest And Highest Interests Are Directed By Reason Throughout The Course Of Life.

We Must Meditate On What Brings Happiness, Since When It Has, It Has Everything, And When He Misses, We Do Everything To Have It

What Will Happen To Me If That Which This Desire Seeks Is Achieved, And What If It Is Not?