He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to action are not impeded, whose desires attain their purpose, and who does not fall into that which he would avoid.

Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.

There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.

The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.