I consider myself an average man, except for the fact that I consider myself an average man.

The only thing certain is nothing is certain.

Only the fools are certain and assured.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

We need to interpret interpretations more than to interpret things.

A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently.

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's goodness.

A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.

I do not teach. I relate.

He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.

It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.

I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.

Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

All permanent decisions are made in a temporary state of mind.

Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy

Happiness involves working toward meaningful goals.

Men are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not the things themselves.