Men love their vices and hate them at the same time.

The origin of all mankind was the same; it is only a clear and good conscience that makes a man noble, for that is derived from heaven itself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.

The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.