A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.

The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.

What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.

Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases, treating her as if she were actually going to do everything it is in her power to do. Whatever you have been expecting for some time comes as less of a shock.

The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience, the next for health of mind, and then of body.

In a moment the ashes are made, but a forest is a long time growing.

Philosophy's power to blunt all the blows of circumstance is beyond belief.