Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Make the best use of what is in your power and take the rest as it happens.
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.