To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation.

Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.

Everything may happen.

It is essential to make oneself used to putting up with a little. Even the wealthy and the well provided are continually met and frustrated by difficult times and situations. It is in no man's power to have whatever he wants; but he has it in his power not to wish for what he hasn't got, and cheerfully make the most of the things that do come his way.

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

It is one thing to remember, another to know. To remember is to safeguard something entrusted to the memory. But to know is to make each thing one's own, not depend on the text and always to look back to the teacher. "Zeno said this, Cleanthes said this." Let there be space between you and the book.