Epictetus — "Whoever is not content with what he has, would not be content with what he wishe…"

"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…"

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."

"Good and evil, in his view, come only from those things that progress from our will."

"To be happy is to desire nothing, since a man who desires something is not happy, but rather miserable, if he does not get what he desires."

"When you have done good and received good, why do you look for any other reward?"