Our wills are ours, to make them Thine.

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

If you are distressed by something, it is due to your own estimate of it; and you have the power to change it at will.

Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten, when their noblest and most enduring works decay? Death comes even to monumental structures, and oblivion rests on the most illustrious names.

Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

He who eats my bread, does my will.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe.