"When you have decided that a thing is good, and you cling to it, and you are not disturbed by it, then you have found your true good."

"As a mark is not set up for the purpose of missing the aim, so neither does the nature of evil exist in the universe."

"What you shun enduring yourself, attempt not to impose on others. You shun slavery- beware enslaving others! If you can endure to do that, one would think you had been once upon a time a slave yoursel…"

"Choose to be either free or a slave, enlightened or a fool, a thoroughbred or a nag. Either resign yourself to a life of abuse till you die, or escape it immediately. For God's sake, don't put up with…"

"If you want to be a man of leisure, do not be a man of business. For if you are a man of business, you must be a man of trouble."