It was the saying of Bion that though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport but in earnest.

Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.

Do not speak of your happiness to a man less fortunate than yourself.

Do not speak of your happiness to a man less fortunate than yourself.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.