The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.
When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.