The great soul surrenders itself to fate.
There's one blessing only the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
Success is not greedy as people think but insignificant. That's why it satisfies nobody.
Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.
Fortune reveres the brave and overwhelms the cowardly.
Not he who has little but he who wishes more is poor.
When in fear it is safest to force the attack.
One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?
It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.
Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.
Failure changes for the better success for the worse.
What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.
Courage leads starward fear toward death.
If God adds another day to our life let us receive it gladly.
Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.
The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
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.