It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.
Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'
Everything is mere opinion.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
The world is a living being - one nature, one soul. Keep that in mind.
I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.