Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.

The wrongdoer is often the person who left something undone, rather than the person who has done something

Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.

Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised.

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.

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

Poverty is the mother of crime.