Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed. In order to consider himself supremely blessed he must deeply understand that things could be much worse but aren't! To not do that is to always be less happy than he could be.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

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.

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.