If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.
The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.
What disturbs people, these are not things, but the judgments relating to things
Difficulty shows what men are.
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.
Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censures are not in your power and should not be at all your concerns.