Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.

The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free.

You are a principal work, a fragment of [Goddess herself], you have in yourself a part of [her]. Why then are you ignorant of your high birth?

Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be long. If he wishes you to represent a poor man, do so heartily; if a cripple, or a magistrate, or a private man, in each case act your part with honor.

To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man.

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.

Never depend on the admiration of others for self-satisfaction. It is a fact of life that other people, even people who love you, will not necessarily agree with your ideas, understand you always, or share your enthusiasms.