Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.

All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief.

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

Nothing is so false as human life, nothing so treacherous. God knows no one would have accepted it as a gift, if it had not been given without our knowledge.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Know thyself; this is the great object.

Unjust rule does not last forever.