Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men!

No man is free who is not master of himself.

To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported.

He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.

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.

Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.

I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.