Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature but all things become so through habit
No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
Exceed due measure, and the most delightful things become the least delightful.
Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.