The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.
Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.
Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.