It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.
Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position; because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.
One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities.