10 quotes found
“All fortune belongs to him who has a contented mind.”
“A wise man to accomplish his end may even carry his foe on his shoulder.”
“If a man be self-controlled truthful wise and resolute is there aught that can stay out of reach of such a man?”
“A great man does not lose his self-possession when he is afflicted the ocean is not made muddy by the falling in of its banks.”
“One should seek for the salutary in the unpleasant: if it is there it is after all nectar. One should seek for the deceitful in the pleasant: if it is there it is after all poison.”
“By associating with good and evil persons a man acquires the virtues and vices which they possess even as the wind blowing over different places takes along good and bad odors.”
