Cicero: “Now the harvest of old age is, as I have often said, the memory and rich store of blessings laid up in easier life.”

Such acts of generosity are not to be so highly esteemed as those which are performed with judgment, deliberation, and mature consideration.

In the matter of a promise one must always consider the meaning and not the mere words.

For self-control is the foe of the passions, and the passions are the handmaids of pleasure.

Moreover, all our thought and mental activity will be devoted either to planning for things that are morally right and that conduce to a good and happy life, or to the pursuits of science and learning.