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

It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?

Everything has two handles,-one by which it may be borne; another by which it cannot.

Opportunity beckons more surely when misfortune comes upon a person than it ever does when that person is riding the crest of a wave of success. It sharpens a person's wits, if that person will let it, enabling him or her to see more clearly and evaluate situations with a more knowledgeable judgment.

When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this man would have had nothing to be proud of.'

Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.

Think of God oftener than you breathe.