Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.

We do not choose our own parts in life, and have nothing to do with those parts. Our duty is confined to playing them well.

To make anything a habit, do it; to not make it a habit, do not do it; to unmake a habit, do something else in place of it.

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

Do nothing in a depressed mood, nor as one afflicted, nor as thinking that you are in misery, for no one compels you to that.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.