It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things.
The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other.
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?
Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.
At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.