It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.

No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.

Unfamiliarity lends weight to misfortune, and there was never a man whose grief was not heightened by surprise.

Who needs forgiveness, should the same extend with readiness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.