The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make Heaven of Hell, and a Hell of Heaven. -John Milton
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. -Marcus Aurelius
Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe. -Euripides
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. -Eleanor Roosevelt
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. -Marcus Aurelius
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance for a pocketfull of mumbles
Such are promises. All lies in jest
'till a man hears what he wants to and disregards the rest -Paul Simon