Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.

-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.

There is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose.

Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.

Silence is safer than speech.

What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this.

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.