You are your choices.

What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.

Consider an enemy may become a friend.

Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves; 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels; and the mere fact that we do not perceive ourselves to be sick, renders us more hard to be cured.

If you live according to nature, you never will be poor; if according to the world's caprice, you will never be rich.

Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration.

[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.