A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
The best way to do good to ourselves is to do it to others; the right way to gather is to scatter.
Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present. But that man who devotes every hour to his own needs, who plans every day as if it were his last, neither longs for nor fears tomorrow.
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.
Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life.
A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.
There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
A man who has taken your time recognises no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay.
Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.