Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.

We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy, caprice and prejudice.

Don't wait to be happy to laugh... You may die and never have laughed.

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

A tall, well-built man with a deep chest and broad shoulders can carry a heavy burden with ease and unconcern, and still keep one hand free; a dwarf would be crushed by half that weight. Thus lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.

If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable.

There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.