Good health! Whenever you go out of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of your head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and never waste a minute thinking about your enemies.

Conformists die, but heretics live forever.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.

Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.

Imitation is the sincerest form of insult.

There is a joy in going without things, a fine tang in eliminating the superfluous.