We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. read more

• Thought Nowhere Man Find Quieter More Untroubled Retreat Own Soul

Sometimes the only thing you could do for people was to be there. read more

• Thought Sometimes Thing Do for People

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment. read more

• Thought Mix Little Foolishness Serious Plans Lovely Silly Right Moment

An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones. read more

• Thought Agreeable Manner Set Off Handsome Features Alter Plain Ones

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity. read more

• Thought Relationships Based Obligation Lack Dignity

Sobriety is love of health, or inability to eat much. read more

• Thought Sobriety Love Health Inability Eat Much

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken. read more

• Thought Imagines Do Without World Deceives Himself Much Fancies Cannot Still More Mistaken

The love of justice is, in most men, nothing more than the fear of suffering injustice read more

• Thought Love Justice Most Men Nothing More Fear Suffering Injustice

Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves. read more

• Thought Our Enemies Come Nearer Truth Opinions They Form Us Do Opinion Ourselves

There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy. read more

• Thought Kind Love Excess Which Forbids Jealousy