To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man.

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

With ills unending strives the putter off.

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

Act well your given part; the choice rests not with you.

A ship should not be held by a single anchor; neither should life depend upon a single hope.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.