"To say that 'men cannot live without women' is to confess that men are not self-sufficient, and that their well-being is dependent on something outside themselves."

"To live happily is an inward power of the soul, and is not to be sought for from external things."

"Even for a god, if he wishes to do good, he must do it through the medium of human beings."

"Even in a palace, life can be lived well."

"Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is g…"