“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”

“For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that...”

“Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”

“f you wish to put off all worry, assume that what you fear may happen is certainly going to happen.”

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”

“None love to speak so much when the mood of speaking comes as they who are naturally taciturn.”

“Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.”

“Speak clearly if you speak at all Carve every word before you let it fall.”