Time heals what reason cannot

It is better to conquer our grief than to deceive it

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more

As is a tale, so is life: Not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters

The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship,

is to understand and to be understood

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body