We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.
He who is everywhere is nowhere.
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.
As was his language so was his life.
Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.