Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.

Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.

In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others."

Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

To live is not to live for one's self; let us help one another.