Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

At dawn of day, when you dislike being called, have this thought ready: 'I am called to man's labour; why then do I make a difficulty if I am going out to do w…