Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.

Pleasure dies at the very moment when it charms us most.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.

There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won't make the crooked straight.

We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.