No man is happy who does not think himself so.

If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it.

The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.

The true joy of humankind is in doing that which is most proper to our nature; and the first property of people is to be kindly affected towards them that are of one kind with ourselves.

Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

I consist of a little body and a soul.

You should banish any thoughts of how you may appear to others.