Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.

Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent.

Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.

Let your will to avoid have no concern with what is not in man's power; direct it only to things in man's power that are contrary to nature.

I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?

Cowardice, the dread of what will happen.

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.

For I am not everlasting, but a human being, a part of the whole as an hour is a part of the day. Like an hour I must come, and like an hour pass away.

The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.

It is unreasonable to think we can earn rewards without being willing to pay their true price. It is always our choice whether or not we wish to pay the price for life's rewards.

If you want to improve, you must be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.