A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.
People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time-even when hard at work.
Nothing that goes on in anyone else's mind can harm you.
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
Everything is here for a purpose, from horses to vine shoots. What's surprising about that? Even the sun will tell you, "I have a purpose," and the other goods as well.