It is only luxury and avarice that make poverty grievous to us; for it is a very small matter that does our business, and when we have provided against cold, hunger, and thirst, all the rest is but vanity and excess.

Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it.

The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?

Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.

Be harsh with yourself at times.

God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.

When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.