Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.

Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier, and do each separate act at the bidding of the General.

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

Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them

Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.

In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.

It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.