Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.

It is pleasant at times to play the madman.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.

To rule yourself is the ultimate power

All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief.

Death is a release from and an end of all pains.