Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.

The best place to get help is from yourself.

Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.

When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.