"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…"

"Never say about anything, 'I have lost it,' but only, 'I have given it back.'"

"What, then, is the proper thing to do? To make the best of what is in our power, and take the rest as it naturally happens."

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

"To make a good man, you must first make a good citizen."