When other people act foolish or wicked, don't let it upset you. First, ask yourself: what does this have to do with me? Remember that we were all born to help each other. Then think about it this way: just as a ram leads a flock of sheep and a bull leads a herd of cattle, I was born to guide them. Go even deeper: if atoms aren't the foundation of everything (which would be absurd to believe), then there must be a nature that governs the universe. If such a nature exists, then lesser things exist for the sake of better things, and all good things exist for each other. Second, think about what kind of people they really are — at dinner, in bed, and so on.
And as for other men's either foolishness or wickedness, that it may not trouble and grieve thee; first generally thus; What reference have I unto these? and that we are all born for one another's good: then more particularly after another consideration; as a ram is first in a flock of sheep, and a bull in a herd of cattle, so am I born to rule over them. Begin yet higher, even from this: if atoms be not the beginning of all things, than which to believe nothing can be more absurd, then must we needs grant that there is a nature, that doth govern the universe. If such a nature, then are all worse things made for the better's sake; and all better for one another's sake. Secondly, what manner of men they be, at board, and upon their beds, and so forth.