We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good.
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
God has entrusted me with myself.
Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.
Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.