The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.
Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.
Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.
In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.