Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

Ruin and recovering are both from within.

Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear of death?

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?

Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.

Consider the bigger picture.....think things through and fully commit!

The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.