Boethius

“He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate ... can look fortune in the face.”

“Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.”

“Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.”

“In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice.”

“So it follows that those who have reason have freedom to will or not to will, although this freedom is not equal in all of them. [...] human souls are more free when they persevere in the co...”

“And further, God should not be regarded as older than His creations by any period of time, but rather by the peculiar property of His own single nature. For the infinite changing of temporal...”

“Among wise men there is no place at all left for hatred. For no one except the greatest of fools would hate good men. And there is no reason at all for hating the bad. For just as weakness i...”

“Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.”

“So dry your tears. Fortune has not yet turned her hatred against all your blessings. The storm has not yet broken upon you with too much violence. Your anchors are holding firm and they perm...”

“If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?”