No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.
Fortune reveres the brave and overwhelms the cowardly.
Nothing is ours except time.
One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.
To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
The great soul surrenders itself to fate.
What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.
It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.
If God adds another day to our life let us receive it gladly.
Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.
Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?
Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
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.
The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?
A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
Failure changes for the better success for the worse.
Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear.