The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.