A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.

As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Life is a campaign, a brief staying in a strange region.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know.

So much worse are the consequences of anger than its causes.