If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.

No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.

We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will think; it is of no concern to us.

Act well your given part; the choice rests not with you.

It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror; and this cannot be without toil.

A soul which is conversant with virtue is like an ever flowing source, for it is pure and tranquil and potable and sweet and communicative (social) and rich and harmless and free from mischief.