Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.
An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.
Your master is he who controls that on which you have set your heart or wish to avoid.
It doesn't take much to lose everything, just a little departure from reason
Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.
As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.