“But there is no reason to live and no limit to our miseries if we let our fears predominate.”

“I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent—no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you.”

No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.

Philosophy calls for simple living, but not for penance—it’s quite possible to be simple without being crude.