Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.