Nature has made us passive, and to suffer is our lot. While we are in the flesh every man has his chain and his clog; only it is looser and lighter to one man than to another, and he is more at ease who takes it up and carries it than he who drags it.

Life is long if you know how to use it.

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.

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

The real compensation of a right action is inherent in having performed it.

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.