“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.”
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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
