Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things.

Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

A ship should not be held by a single anchor; neither should life depend upon a single hope.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.