The place one's in, though, doesn't make any contribution to peace of mind: it's the spirit that makes everything agreeable to oneself.

Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.

He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.