True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Life is a play.It's not its length,but its performance that counts.

No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.

Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.