It is better to arouse envy than pity.
Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. -Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
We must master our good fortune, or it will master us.
It matters not how long you live, but how well.
Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.