The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.
Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.
In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.