It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.

Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do in all cases, and, like good marksmen, to hit the white at any distance.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.

If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.

We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.

True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.