True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
Time is the greatest remedy for anger.
God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the afflicted, denies it.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.