"It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself."

"The wise man will not be more grateful for good things when they are present than when they are not."

"It is better to suffer the inevitable than to choose the impossible."

"The pleasure of the soul is superior to that of the body."

"Every pain is easy to despise, for the one who has considered it in its real limits."