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 free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Avoid banquets which are given by strangers an ignorant persons. But if there is ever occasion to join them, let your attention be carefully fixed, that you slip not into the manner of the vulgar (the uninstructed).

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control. Sickness may challenge your body. But are you merely your body? Lameness may impede your legs. But you are not merely your legs. Your will is bigger than your legs. Your will needn't be affected by an incident unless you let it.

When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.

One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models