Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.

A hated government does not long survive.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?

No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.