Ask not that events should happen as you will, but let you will be that events should happen as they do, and you shall have peace.

No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things

Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.

I have a lantern. You steal my lantern. What, then, is your honor worth no more to you than the price of my lantern!

If you would be good, first believe that you are bad.

Watchfulness...is the vital need, for he who does not watch is soon overwhelmed. The sternman needs only sleep a moment and the vessel is lost.

When one maintains her proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals.

Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.

Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them, but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.