"Whoever is not content with what he has, would not be content with what he wishes to have."

"It is better to die of hunger, exempt from grief and fear, than to live in affluence with perturbation."

"Freedom isn't secured by filling up on your heart's desire but by removing your desire."

"If a man has a bad smell, he is not to blame for it, but his clothes. If a man is ill, he is not to blame for it, but his body. If a man is a fool, he is not to blame for it, but his mind."

"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."