2165  We are in the habit of exaggerating or imagining or anticipating sorrow. We are torn by things present or about things yet to come. Consider whether your proofs of future troubles are sure. For it is more often the case that we are troubled by our apprehensions.

2287  There are more things..likely to frighten us, than to crush us.We suffer more in the imagination than in reality.

2576  The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

1825  “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

1746  Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.........