Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.
By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.