All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.
What disturbs and alarms man are not the things, but his opinions and fancies about the things.
You lose only the things you have
We are not to lead events, but to follow them.
When any person treats you ill or speaks ill of you, remember that he does this or says this because he thinks it is his duty. It is not possible, then, for him to follow that which seems right to you, but that which seems right to himself.