Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.
A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
Nothing is evil which is according to nature.
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
Live not one’s life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.
Observe constantly that all things take place by change.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
A man’s true delight is to do the things he was made for.
Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’
Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.
Poverty is the mother of crime.