1. “No man is free who is not master of himself.”
2. “He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh it.”
3. “We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.”
4. “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
5. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.”
6. “First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
7. “First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
8. “It is impossible for man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
9. “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
10. “It’s not to happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
11. “If you want to improve, be content to bethought foolish and stupid.”
12. “Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.”
13. “Small minded people blame other. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.”
14. “Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”
15. “You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.”