Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.

Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.

It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.

Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.