You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.

Time discovers truth.

Who has more leisure than a worm?

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.

Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.

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

To rule yourself is the ultimate power