In Finances, Be Strict With Yourself, Generous

First Theory . There Is No Providence At All For Anything In The Universe; All Parts Of The Universe, The Heavens And What They Contain, Owe Their Origin To Accident And Chance; There Exists No Being That Rules And Governs Them Or Provides For Them. This Is The Theory Of Epicurus.

In The Beginning We Must Simplify The Subject, Thus Unavoidably Falsifying It, And Later We Must Sophisticate Away The Falsely Simple Beginning.

Be Convinced That, If Man Were Able To Reach The End Without Preparatory Studies, Such Studies Would Not Be Preparatory But Tiresome And Utterly Superfluous.

Contrast The Experience With Something Worse And You Cannot Help Feeling Happy And Grateful Because... The Change From Trouble To Comfort Gives Us More Pleasure Than Uninterrupted Comfort Does.

Let Nothing Which Can Be Treated By Diet Be Treated By Other Means.