
Seneca thinks the gods are well pleased when they see great men contending with adversity.

Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta Porcellus at his fingers end.

Compassion, empathy, and humility can only arise out of recognizing that our common desires are differently expressed.

Our mental limitations prevent us from accepting our mental limitations.

Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all, the surest reposals, the softest cushions to lean on in adversity.

Ignorance is the Mother of Devotion.

He is only fantastical that is not in fashion.

Employment, which Galen calls 'Nature's Physician,' is so essential to human happiness that indolence is justly considered as the mother of misery.