It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.

Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.

What matters most is what sort of person you are becoming. Wise individuals care only about whom they are today and who they can be tomorrow.

Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?

Never say about anything, "I have lost it," but only "I have given it back." Is your child dead? It has been given back. Is your wife dead? She has been returned.

Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!