What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse.

What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this.

Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with your purpose. Do not seek external approval. Do not worry about anything outside of your control. The only things you command are your thoughts and actions. We choose our response. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.

It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

Desire and happiness cannot live together.