Difficulty shows what men are.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment; of fear itself only should we be afraid.

He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.

We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.

Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.