Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature but all things become so through habit

No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.

To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man.

Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather ourselves. That is: our ideas about things.

The best place to get help is from yourself.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.