A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

We have power over nothing except our will.

The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.

The wise man should withdraw his soul within, out of the crowd, and keep it in freedom and power to judge things freely; but as for externals, he should wholly follow the accepted fashions and forms.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.