Every place is safe to him who lives with justice.

If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God.

Embrace reality. Think about what delights you - the small luxuries on which you depend, the people whom you cherish most. But remember that they have their own distinct character, which is quite a separate matter from how we happen to regard them.

God has entrusted me with myself.

There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.

It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings. We do a better service to ourselves and others by remaining detached and avoiding melodramatic reactions.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.