The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.

Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.

He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.

It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.

Those who pass their lives in foreign travel find they contract many ties of hospitality, but form no friendships.

There is no benefit so large that malignity will not lessen it; none so narrow that a good interpretation will not enlarge it.

Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.