Disease is not of the body but of the place.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: " Is this the condition that I feared?"

Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.

There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.