Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.

When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.