Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence.
Your life is an expression of all your thoughts.
The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where a man can live, there - if he will - he can also live well.
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.