"Good and evil, in his view, come only from those things that progress from our will."

"Imagine a dog tied to a cart. If the dog wants to follow, it follows, adding its own will to the inevitable. But if the dog refuses to follow, it will be dragged along anyway."

"If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers."

"If you see anybody wail and complain, call him a slave, though he be clad in purple."

"It is better to die of hunger, exempt from grief and fear, than to live in affluence with perturbation."