The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.
If you see anybody wail and complain, call him a slave, though he be clad in purple.
Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.
No living being is held by anything so strongly as its own needs.
If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken; and having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing; so shall you succeed in being well spoken of.