Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things.

We are born for synergy, just like the feet, just like the hands, just like the eyes, just like the rows of upper and lower teeth. Working against each other is unnatural, and being annoyed and turning one's back is counterproductive.

Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything which needs walls and curtains.

A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.

Confine yourself to the present.

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.