What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.

It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race.

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.

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.

The great soul surrenders itself to fate.

He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.

No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.