"Remember that you are an actor in a play, and the play is just as the author wishes it to be. If he wants it to be short, it is short; if long, it is long. If he wants you to play a beggar, play him c…"

"If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers."

"The true man is one who wills to be a man, and he who wills to be a man is a man."

"Do not be concerned with what people think of you. You are not living for them."

"What, then, is the fruit of these doctrines? Tranquillity, fearlessness, freedom."