To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.

How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe.

It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?

Truth and ceremony are two things.