A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.
Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.