Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.

There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself.

The place one's in, though, doesn't make any contribution to peace of mind: it's the spirit that makes everything agreeable to oneself.

It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.