“They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.”
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.”
“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.”
“I never spend a day in idleness; I appropriate even a part of the night for study. I do not allow time for sleep but yield to it when I must, and when my eyes are wearied with waking and ready to fall shut, I keep them at their task.”
“Very little is needed for everything to be upset and ruined, only a slight lapse in reason.”
“Night brings our troubles to the light rather than banishes them.”
“Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this 'reality' as you view your dreams.”
“But only philosophy will wake us; only philosophy will shake us out of that heavy sleep. Devote yourself entirely to her. You're worthy of her, she's worthy of you-fall into each other's arms. Say a firm, plain no to every other occupation.”
“The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.”
“I cannot call somebody ‘hard-working’ knowing only that they read and write. Even if ‘all night long’ is added, I cannot say it – not until I know the focus of all this energy.”