Be not disgusted, nor discouraged, nor dissatisfied, if thou dost not succeed in doing everything according to right principles; but when thou bast failed, return back again, and be content if the greater part of what thou doest is consistent with man's nature, and love this to which thou returnest

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

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

A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.

If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it.

Do not be ashamed of help.

Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty... For what task, then, were you yourself created?