Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.

Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.

The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can't regulate.

The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys.

It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?

Ruin and recovering are both from within.

What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.