Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.

It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.

The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.

We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself.

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

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.