He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.

I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.

Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices me wherever I am or whatever I do.

To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable.