The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.

People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt.

Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

It's the great soul that surrenders itself to fate, but a puny degenerate thing that struggles.

Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.