"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

"It is better to endure a necessary pain than to suffer a constant anxiety."

"We should not believe in fate, but in our own free will."

"Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering."

"The wise man laughs at fate, since he knows that some things happen by necessity, others by chance, and others through his own agency."