There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy.

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

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

An action will not be right unless the will be right; for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right unless the disposition of the mind be right; for from thence comes the will.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.