Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.

A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.