You lose only the things you have

I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.

As in walking it is your great care not to run your foot upon a nail, or to tread awry, and strain your leg; so let it be in all the affairs of human life, not to hurt your mind or offend your judgment. And this rule, if observed carefully in all your deportment, will be a mighty security to you in your undertakings.

You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.

It is better to advise than upbraid, for the one corrects the erring; the other only convicts them.

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.

If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken; and having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing; so shall you succeed in being well spoken of.