We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.
Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.
It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.
If you wish to fear nothing, consider that everything is to be feared.