En lector, librum damus vere aureum, planeque scholasticum, quo continentur haec

Laugh with those acting happily, but condole with the unhappy: for the former is the reward of happiness, but the latter is a document of philosophy.
Practice patience, just as you have known it to be exercised by the martyrs: since we will also be examined by the testimony of the conscience.
Prefer the soul to all things, and thus the course of virtue is completed without exhaustion.
All things are subject to corruption: but the soul is immortal. It is therefore fitting to prefer incorruptible things to corruptible ones.
Prepare yourself against adversities, and you will gain many things therefrom.
Do not ask for sweet things from God, but only for those that are salutary for you: for He does not grant those things for which He is asked, because if you receive them, they bring harm to you.
Do not accuse poverty: for it makes the athlete of the law constant.
Do not rejoice in riches: for the cares that are spent upon them separate one from God, as most of the time, and beyond the expectation of men.
The end is near: let the one given to sloth prepare himself for punishment. The harvest is not far off: let us therefore free the field of the soul from thorns.
Nothing escapes the Judge: therefore we attempt in vain to sin, so as to escape the Judge.
Revere the angels more than men: for many are present with us, and they depart from every base action.
Meditate upon the sentence of the Judge: and drive away from you everything, if any worldly craftiness clings to you.
Consider idleness and sloth to be a loss: and always strive to perform something, for which we might be able to give an account.
Always consider the inconstancy of life: and nothing that has happened in it will be able to draw your soul in different directions.
Let not the fleeting bright things of this life delight you: for they are hooks, ensnaring the soul like fish.
Ward off temptations, but when tempted, show fortitude: and never despise a poor man who is weeping, lest the tear of your prayer be despised in return.
Philosophy is an exceptional thing for men: and being unique, it wishes to join only with the sole possessor.
Virtue is the garment of God: weave this, and you will be adorned with the stole of God, who puts on human nature.
Flee those things which can be taken by theft on earth, and acquire heavenly things: for they do not fall into the fingers of those who plunder.
One must flee living delicately: for it ravishes one toward actions, from which groans arise after sobriety.