Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

Don't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.

Your master is he who controls that on which you have set your heart or wish to avoid.

Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do

If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.'

Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind.

Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.