Drop the question of what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit every day that Fate allows you.
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.
The hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected.
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.
It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through patience.
O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.