To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported.

Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.

To be getting an education means this: to be learning what is your own, and what is not your own.

The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful.

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.