God is not the author of any evil.
You should not possess more than the use of the body requires.
Possess those things which no one can take from you.
Bear that which is necessary, as it is necessary.
Ask those things of God which it is worthy of God to bestow.
The reason which is in you, is the light of your life.
Ask those things of God, which you cannot receive from man.
Wish that those things which labor ought to precede, may be possessed by you after labor.
Be not anxious to please the multitude.
It is not proper to despise those things of which we shall be in want after the dissolution[91] of the body.