One should count each day a separate life.
To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.
The great soul surrenders itself to fate.
It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.
If God adds another day to our life let us receive it gladly.
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?
Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear.
No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.
The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
Nothing is ours except time.
Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.
There's some end at last for the man who follows a path mere rambling is interminable.
He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.
Not he who has little but he who wishes more is poor.
A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?
What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.
What is the proper limit for wealth? It is first to have what is necessary and second to have what is enough.