Never say about anything, "I have lost it," but only "I have given it back." Is your child dead? It has been given back. Is your wife dead? She has been returned.

One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models

Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.

Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind.