"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…"

"What would you rather have, a pig that grunts contentedly or a philosopher who complains?"

"If a man should be in a passion and curse you, go away and say, 'This man is angry with me.' Do not say, 'He has cursed me.' For that is to add to the injury."

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

"Remember that if you are doing something for your own good, you must not be ashamed of it, even if the mob is going to misinterpret it."