As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.

God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

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

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

Happiness is an equivalent for all troublesome things.

We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.