It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company
Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
As was his language so was his life.
It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
As the mother's womb holds us for ten months, making us ready, not for the womb itself, but for life, just so, through our lives, we are making ourselves ready for another birth...Therefore look forward without fear to that appointed hour- the last hour of the body, but not of the soul...That day, which you fear as being the end of all things, is the birthday of your eternity.
There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering.
No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.
A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.
No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom, and that the perfection of wisdom is what makes the happy life, although even the beginnings of wisdom make life bearable. Yet this conviction, clear as it is, needs to be strengthened and given deeper roots through daily reflection; making noble resolutions is not a important as keeping the resolutions you have made already.
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
Our minds must relax: they will rise better and keener after rest. Just as you must not force fertile farmland, as uninterrupted productivity will soon exhaust it, so constant effort will sap our mental vigour, while a short period of rest and relaxation will restore our powers. Unremitting effort leads to a kind of mental dullness and lethargy.
He who is brave is free.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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