"The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not."

"The part of life we really live is small. For all the rest of existence is not life, but merely time."

"It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence."

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful."

"It is a great man who uses earthenware dishes as if they were silver; but it is equally great to use silver dishes as if they were earthenware."