Be content to seem what you really are.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Think of the universal substance, of which thou has a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and indivisible interval has been assigned to thee; and of that which is fixed by destiny, and how small a part of it thou art
Welcome every experience the looms of fate may weave for you.
A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.
The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must be always ready to learn better. 'The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.'