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"The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired."
"Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death."
"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."
"What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature."
"What must be shall be and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing."
"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power."
"No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself but the estimate of the loss that troubles us."
"A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand."
"What is the proper limit for wealth? It is first to have what is necessary and second to have what is enough."
"One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend."
"He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility."
"Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed."
"We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth and for the great benefits of our being our life health and reason we look upon ourselves as under no obligation."
"Success is not greedy as people think but insignificant. That's why it satisfies nobody."
"What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you."
"There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?"
"There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage."
"The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity."
"There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it."
"We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?"
"There's one blessing only the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self."
"Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war."
"The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile endure awhile believe always and never turn back."
"He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt."