It is a sin to persue pleasure as a good and to avoid pain as a evil.

A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season.

Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you. Sanity means tying it to your own actions.

This is the mark of a perfect character - to pass through each day as though it were the last, without agitation, without torpor, and without pretense.

Give yourself a gift: the present moment.

Happiness is no other than soundness and perfection of mind.

Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be kept straight by others.