"An uninstructed person will lay the fault of his own bad condition upon others. To begin to be instructed, he will lay the fault on himself. When he is fully instructed, he will blame neither others n…"

"The greater part of what we say and do is unnecessary, and if a man would cut it out, he would have more leisure and less disturbance."

"What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears."

"Imagine a dog tied to a cart. If the dog wants to follow, it follows, adding its own will to the inevitable. But if the dog refuses to follow, it will be dragged along anyway."

"It is a universal law — have no illusion — that every creature alive is attached to nothing so much as to its own self-interest."