"No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."
"Faced with pain, you will discover the power of endurance. If you are insulted, you will discover patience. In time, you will grow to be confident that there is not a single impression that you will not have the moral means to tolerate."
"When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil."
"Only time can heal what reason cannot."
"He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary."
"When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it."
"Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant."
"When you are offended at any man’s fault, immediately turn to yourself and reflect in what manner you yourself have erred."
"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."
"While we wait for life, life passes."