To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything.

Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.

It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.

Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.

Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse.

Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?