A great, a good, and a right mind is a kind of divinity lodged in flesh, and may be the blessing of a slave as well as of a prince: it came from heaven, and to heaven it must return; and it is a kind of heavenly felicity, which a pure and virtuous mind enjoys, in some degree, even upon earth.

I am not born from a single place. My country is the whole world.

How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.

He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.

Let tears flow of their own accord; their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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