The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.
Don't carry logs into the forest.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it.