Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation.
My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas.
Variety is the mother of Enjoyment.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.