Since hate poisons the soul, don't cherish enmities or grudges: avoid people who make you unhappy.

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.