To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them.

You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.'

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear of death?