Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.

It is unreasonable to think we can earn rewards without being willing to pay their true price. It is always our choice whether or not we wish to pay the price for life's rewards.

Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices me wherever I am or whatever I do.

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.