- True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
- We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
- Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
- If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
- Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms — you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
- It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
- Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
- Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.
- No man was ever wise by chance.
- Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
- He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
- Only time can heal what reason cannot.
- Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
- As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
- Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
- The sun also shines on the wicked.
- It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more.
- We learn not in the school, but in life.
- Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
- A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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