"Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it"
"Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall"
"All cruelty springs from weakness"
"Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself"
"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is"
"Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last"
"For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them"
"For greed all nature is too little"
"Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today"
"Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends"
"Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism"
"Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment"
"A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two"
"A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor"
"A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant"
"A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand"
"A man's as miserable as he thinks he is"
"A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary"
"A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners"
"A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty"
"Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune"
"A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature"
"A great mind becomes a great fortune"
"A great fortune is a great slavery"
"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer"
"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials"
