It is essential to make oneself used to putting up with a little. Even the wealthy and the well provided are continually met and frustrated by difficult times and situations. It is in no man's power to have whatever he wants; but he has it in his power not to wish for what he hasn't got, and cheerfully make the most of the things that do come his way.

So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.

It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.

Life is most delightful on the downward slope.

Truths open to everyone, and the claims aren't all staked yet.

The things which we hold in our hands, which we see with our eyes, and which our avarice hugs, are transitory, they may be taken from us by ill luck or by violence; but a kindness lasts even after the loss of that by means of which it was bestowed; for it is a good deed, which no violence can undo.