If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.

To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man.

Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind.

Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.

Seek not the good in external things;seek it in yourselves.

Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.