However benevolent may be the intentions of Providence, they do not always advance the happiness of the individual. Providence has always higher ends in view, and works in a pre-eminent degree on the inner feelings and disposition.

It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is. And the best way is with gratitude while trying to improve it for the good of others and themselves.

It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.

Life, in all ranks and situations, is an outward occupation, an actual and active work.

The state should avoid all solicitude for the positive welfare of its citizens, and not proceed a step further than is necessary for their mutual security and their protection against foreign enemies. It should impose restrictions on freedom for no other purpose.

It is continued temperance which sustains the body for the longest period of time, and which most surely preserves it free from sickness.

The more a man acts on his own, the more he develops himself. In large associations he is too prone to become merely an instrument.