Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.
Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger