Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.

Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.

Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time, nor does it take away the freedom of speech which proceeds from justice; but it gives to us the knowledge of what is just and lawful, separating from them the unjust and refuting them.

We must ever bear in mind --that apart from the will there is nothing good or bad, and that we must not try to anticipate or to direct events, but merely to accept them with intelligence.

Your master is he who controls that on which you have set your heart or wish to avoid.