Seek to be the purple thread in the long white gown.

If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.

When we act pugnaciously, and injuriously, and angrily, and rudely, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of the wild beasts. Well, the fact is that some of us are wild beasts of a larger size, while others are little animals, malignant and petty.

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

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.