The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.
Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
Small sorrows speak great ones are silent.