He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.

A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.

Observe always that everything is the result of a change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and to make new ones like them.

Find joy in simplicity, self-respect, and indifference to what lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race. Follow the divine.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.