“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.”

Retire into yourself as much as possible.

What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.

Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.

Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Life is long, if you know how to use it.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.