People who don't like cats always seem to think there is some peculiar virtue in not liking them.

Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.

Many wish not so much to be virtuous, as to seem to be

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous

We distill happiness from garnering joy in the ordinary fragments of life, while dedicating personal effort to creating a body of work that one can look back on their deathbed and be satisfied with achieving. Happiness comes from living beautifully, which necessarily involves reason in thought and speech (logos), and leading an ethical and virtuous life devoted to achieving worthy goals.

Let your spirit soar to heaven with it whenever you use it, like the bird who once bore it.