No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.
Seek to be the purple thread in the long white gown.
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.