Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.

The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.

He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.

What you think is the summit is only a step up