A man's ability cannot possibly be of one sort and his soul of another. If his soul be well-ordered, serious and restrained, his ability also is sound and sober. Conversely, when the one degenerates, the other is contaminated.

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.

You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.

Rehearse death. To say this is to tell a person to rehearse his freedom. A person who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave. He is above, or at any rate, beyond the reach of, all political powers.

Let us fight the battle-retreat from the things that attract us and rouse ourselves to meet the things that actually attack us.

The largest part of goodness is the will to become good.