"The pleasant and the unpleasant, the agreeable and the disagreeable, are not in things themselves, but in us."

"Let him not despise what he has received, nor should he envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."

"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a long road to life."

"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."

"Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law."