The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.

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.

That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

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.

The abundance of books is distraction

When one has lost a friend one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation.