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

"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."

"If a man is unhappy, this must be due to his own fault, that he does not understand that it is in his power to be happy."

"What you shun enduring yourself, attempt not to impose on others. You shun slavery- beware enslaving others! If you can endure to do that, one would think you had been once upon a time a slave yoursel…"

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."