Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.

If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.

They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.

The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time and energy from the service of the body, and devote themselves to the freedom and culture of the mind. For that, they think, is the real happiness of life.

Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.

We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.

Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.