For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
To rule yourself is the ultimate power
Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault.
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
No wind blows in favor of a ship without direction.
The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.