Everything is but what we think it.
Let no act be done without purpose.
The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.
My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.