Against specious appearances we must set clear convictions, bright and ready for use. When death appears as an evil, we ought immediately to remember that evils are things to be avoided, but death is inevitable.

What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.

Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier, and do each separate act at the bidding of the General.

By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.

Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.

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

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.