"If you have a mind to be a philosopher, prepare yourself from the first to be laughed at, to be sneered at by the multitude."

"The greater part of what we say and do is unnecessary, and if a man would cut it out, he would have more leisure and less disturbance."

"Show me a man who is sick and happy, in danger and happy, dying and happy, exiled and happy, disgraced and happy: show him to me, for the sake of the gods! I long to see a Stoic."

"Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good."

"Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you."