Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please.

Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

It's normal to feel pain in your hands and feet, if you're using your feet as feet and your hands as hands. And for a human being to feel stress is normal - if he's living a normal life. And if it's normal, how can it be bad?

He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit.

Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.