Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment

Men are much more apt to agree in what they do than in what they think.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.

To a valet no man is a hero