Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
All things happen by virtue of necessity.
We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are atoms and a void.
The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.