It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united.
What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
Nothing great is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is. If you say to me now that you want a fig, I will answer to you that it requires time: let it flower first, then put forth fruit, and then ripen.
A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.