"It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility is nothing more than the good ordering of the mind, the self-sufficiency which is within."

"To live each day as if it were thy last, without haste, without sloth, without hypocrisy."

"The universe is a stream of things, a river of events. Some things are born, others die. Some things are in motion, others at rest. Some things are changing, others are constant. Some things are good,…"

"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."

"A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions."