There is no harbor of peace From the changing waves of joy and despair.

Temperament, like liberty, is important despite how many crimes are committed in its name.

The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily.

The happiness and unhappiness of men depend as much on their turn of mind as on fortune.

A human being tends to believe that the mood of the moment, be it troubled or blithe, peaceful or stormy, is the true, native, and permanent tenor of his existence ... whereas the truth is that he is condemned to improvisation and morally lives from hand to mouth all the time.

If health and a fair day smile upon me, I am a very good fellow; if a corn trouble my toe, I am sullen, out of humor, and inaccessible.

Certainly there are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.