"Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the play is made by the author. If he wishes it to be short, it is short; if long, it is long. If he wishes you to act the part of a poor man, see th…"

"When you are going to meet with any person, and particularly one of those who are considered to be great, represent to yourself what Socrates or Zeno would have done in such a case, and you will not b…"

"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."

"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."

"If a man has a bad smell, he knows it not, but his neighbor knows it. So too with our faults."