We cannot fail in following nature.
Our wisdom and deliberation for the most part follow the lead of chance.
What fear has once made me will, I am bound still to will when without fear.
Women when they marry buy a cat in the bag.
I seek in books only to give myself pleasure by honest amusement; or if I study, I seek only the learning that treats of the knowledge of myself and instructs me in how to die well and live well.
Whether the events in our life are good or bad, greatly depends on the way we perceive them.