"When you are going to meet with any person, and particularly one of those who are considered to be in a superior condition, represent to yourself what Socrates or Zeno would have done in such circumst…"

"Small-minded people are fond of saying, 'By Zeus, I wish I were not a philosopher!'"

"For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death."

"Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress."

"It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which determines how we will act."