Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

Live your life without attracting attention.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

But space shrinks when you get old, and things lose their wonder, and the wisest thing to do then is to try your best to sleep.

My dull brain was wrought with things forgotten.

When you forget who you are and whose you are, you start to compromise.

And he wishes, in the cold quiet of his archer's heart, that he himself could feel the intensity of their reconciliations as strongly as he feels that of their battles.

It's the need for change that drives us to join forces with our brothers and sisters all around the world - but change is slow.

I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them.

If my heart is overwhelmed and I cannot hear your voice, I hold on to what is true. I will believe.

The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring.

French elegance lies in the balance of romance and restraint.

Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.