"If you are struck by the appearance of any pleasure, guard yourself against being carried away by it; but let the thing wait for you, and allow yourself a short delay. Then think of two times: a time …"

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

"If you want to be rich, do not seek to increase your possessions, but to decrease your desires."

"Don't be surprised if those outside are always talking against you and making jokes about you."

"It is better to starve to death in freedom from grief and fear, than to live in plenty with perturbation."