There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

The wish for healing has always been half of health.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

He who is brave is free.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

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.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.

Life, if well lived, is long enough.

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.

All art is but imitation of nature.

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

For greed all nature is too little.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Where fear is, happiness is not.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.