True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Let us be brave in the face of adversity.

If you want to be loved, love.

The great soul surrenders itself to fate.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?